Activities

ACTIVITIES

Chapters 1-8

Before you read 1 Would you prefer to work for the Mafia or the FBI? Why? 2 Find these words in your dictionary: agent associate badge client cop firm investigate security surveillance Which of them go in the following spaces? a a business.........(two possibilities) b ........equipment c a secret......... d a metal......... e a traffic......... f to.........a crime g a.........guard h a legal........

After you read 3 Which of these people are lawyers? Who are the others? Oliver

Lambert / Ray McDeere / Lamar Quinn / Eddie Lomax DeVasher /

Lazarov / Avery Tolleson / Nathan Locke 4 Which of these sentences are true? Correct the false ones. a

The firm advertises for new associates every two years. b

Mitch works hard because he wants to be a partner. c Lambert and Locke want to bug Mitch's home. d DeVasher works on the fifth floor. e Abby is happy about her husband's job. 5 What does the firm think of these, and why? working wives / long working hours / marriage alcohol / pretty secretaries / secrecy / honesty

Chapters 9-16

Before you read 6 Will Mitch help the FBI, do you think? Why, or why not?

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7 Find these words in your dictionary: arrest bikini briefcase evidence legendary photocopy storage wire

Write sentences to show the meaning of these words clearly.

After you read 8 What is strange about the deaths of the five lawyers? 9 Who are these sentences about, and why? a He smiles when he sees the photographs. b He meets him in a hotel room in Washington. c She rents a small office in Memphis. d He's angry because she's leaving. e She takes his keys. 10 Work in pairs. Act out this conversation.

Student A: You are Abby. You want Mitch to leave the firm. Explain to him why. Student B: You are Mitch. You don't want to leave the firm. Tell Abby why.

Chapters 17-25

Before you read 11 How will Avery Tolleson feel when he finds out what Tammy has done, do you think? Why? 12 Where can you see a pier? What do people do on a pier?

After you read 13 How are these people helpful or dangerous to Mitch?

Tarry Ross / Barry Abanks / Aaron Rimmer / Andy Patrick 14 Who uses these names, and when?

Barry Abanks / Judge Henry Hugo / Rachel James Sam

Fortune / Lee Stevens / Jackie Nagel 15 How are these important to the story? a van / Nashville / a yellow taxi / Holiday Hotel Blue

Tide Hotel / Dan Russell Pier

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Writing

16 You are Tarrance. Write a report for the FBI on Lambert and

Locke. Say why they should be arrested. 17 You are Mitch. After Eddie Lomax tells you how the lawyers really died, you decide to leave the firm. Write a letter to your boss. Tell him why you are leaving.

Answers for the activities in this book are available from your local Pearson Education office or contact: Penguin Readers Marketing Department, Pearson Education, Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2JE.