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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. What does Mitch have six weeks to study for?

2. Where is Oliver Lambert waiting for Mitch?

3. What was Anthony Bendini's passion?

4. What does Mitch say could have cut the tension between him and Abby's parents?

5. What river can Mitch see from his office window?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Firm scare Mitch before they tell him his bar exam results?

2. How does Abby's father anger Mitch?

3. What does Lomax say is suspicious about Mickel's suicide?

4. Why is the Firm so keen on hiring Mitch?

5. Why does Abby instantly see Kay as a friend?

6. How does the Firm set Mitch up in this section?

7. What suggestions are there that Mitch's relationship with Abby is starting to suffer?

8. How does Ray pass his time in prison?

9. What is Lambert's opinion on secrecy?

10. What kind of people does the Bendini firm like to hire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way could Mitch be called a person with principles? How do Mitch's principles blind him to what is really going on? How do you think Mitch would have reacted if he hadn't found out about the Firm until after the obligatory twelve years?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Mitch turn his back on the FBI? Is it realistic that someone like Mitch could have achieved so much with such limited resources?

Essay Topic 3

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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