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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much is Croft being paid to watch lawyers' offices?
(a) $20 an hour.
(b) $10 an hour.
(c) $120 a day.
(d) $90 a day.

2. Who from the Times is asking about the pelican brief?
(a) Rifkin.
(b) Davidson.
(c) Brown.
(d) Robertson.

3. Why does Grantham tell Shaw not to call him at home?
(a) He likes to keep his private and work lives separate.
(b) He does not want his girlfriend answering the phone.
(c) His phone may be tapped.
(d) He does not want his wife answering the phone.

4. What does Shaw find in Morgan's lockbox?
(a) An envelope and a videotape.
(b) A gun.
(c) A computer disk.
(d) Money.

5. After Shaw leaves New Orleans, where does the CIA lose her trail?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Orlando.
(d) O'Hare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the President invite to play golf with him on Monday afternoon?

2. What three cities have law firms that work for Mattiece?

3. At which law firm does Croft thinks he spots Garcia?

4. How does Shaw get to Newark?

5. Why does Shaw not want to take the subway in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lewis wondered how Verheek could go down for a simple funeral and end up dead. Explain how that happened.

2. Why would Edwin Sneller like to meet Shaw?

3. Why hasn't Grantham's apartment been bugged?

4. What bad news does Coal share with the President on Monday morning?

5. Why does Gminski tell the President that the author of the pelican brief should become a novelist?

6. Why is the pelican brief a possible liability for the President?

7. Why does Grantham panic after talking with a maid outside his room at the Marbury?

8. What might have happened if Mattiece has played it cool and not started killing people after the pelican brief surfaced?

9. What connection does Grantham make after Shaw tells him about the pelican brief?

10. What is the appeal process for the lawsuit between Mattiece and the Green Fund?

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