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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mark excited about getting on the plane?

2. Who is the guard at the detention center that finds Mark in a zombie-like state in Chapter 31?

3. Which guard finds Mark in his cell sweating, curled up by the toilet and sucking his thumb?

4. What rumors surface when Senator Boyette disappears?

5. What does Reggie try to convince Mark of when they learn of the body retrievers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Chapter 31 shows Reggie's growing paranoia after learning that she is a mafia target.

2. How does Reggie get back at Foltrigg?

3. Explain how Mark created symptoms to get himself sent to the hospital.

4. Having failed to retrieve the senator's body, what does the mafia plan to do now?

5. Knowing that Reggie and Mark are in New Orleans doesn't make the job of finding them any easier. What is the FBI's plan to catch them and to get Mark to talk once and for all?

6. Explain why Mark wants a will.

7. Describe Mark and Reggie's farewell.

8. Discuss the rumors associated with the senator's death.

9. What three questions concern the FBI when they learn of Mark's disappearance from the hospital?

10. At the end of the book, who gets to the body first -- FBI or mafia -- and how does the reader know?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Name and define the five types of conflict. Which conflict prevails in The Client? Select a different type of conflict and explain how the story would have differed under that particular type of conflict.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the Freytag's Pyramid and the Inverted Pyramid writing styles. When is each style used? Discuss the purpose of each style.

Essay Topic 3

Why is dialog important in The Client? How would the story have differed if the author had chosen to omit it?

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