The Firm by John Grisham Chapter 07

The Firm by John Grisham Chapter 07

The Firm by John Grisham book summary

Chapter Seven

Chapter SEVEN  
35 84-85 Oliver Lambert called Mitch to his office to tell him two things. What were these? Firstly he invited Mitch and Abby for a luxurious nine course meal on Saturday. Secondly he reminded Mitch about the need for client confidentiality, informing him that he isn’t to discuss his client’s case with anyone, not even his wife and certainly not any other lawyers who9 might approach him.
36 90 Abby has a very pleasant conversation with one of her neighbours, Mr Rice. He tells her that Mrs Rice isn’t doing very well. What is wrong with her? Mrs Rice has cancer and doctors give her a year to live.
37 92 Who is Dutch, and how does he know that Mitch plans to stay in the office all night? Dutch is a security agent who is monitoring Mitch. The security services are monitoring Mitch’s telephone calls and learn his plans from his telephone call with his wife.
38 95 What does Abby serve Mitch for breakfast and why? Veal piccata. She had cooked it for dinner the night before but he hadn’t made it home so she reheated it for breakfast.

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The Firm by John Grisham Chapter 11

The Firm by John Grisham Chapter 11

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Chapter Eleven

Chapter ELEVEN
46 117 Oliver Lambert gives Mitch some good news, what is this and why was Mitch feeling nervous before he learned what it was? Lambert informed Mitch that he had not only passed the Bar exam, but scored the highest mark. Mitch had been nervous as Lambert called him to a meeting attended by all of the partners and they each pretended to be about to reprimand Mitch.
47 119-120 Over lunch, Mitch is approached by Wayne Terrance who identifies himself as an FBI agent and gives Mitch three pieces of advice. What were these three pieces of advice?

1.      Never trust anyone at the firm.

2.      Every word you utter, no matter where you are, is being recorded.

3.      Money doesn’t grow on trees.
48 124 When Mitch discusses his meeting with Terrance with Locke and a number of other partners, he asks them about the deaths of Kozinski and Hodge. He is told that the firm now believed their deaths to be suspicious. Why was this? They tell Mitch that the native of the islands who was acting as the boat’s captain, and had been killed at the same time as the lawyers, had links with a drug smuggling operation. It was now thought that Kozinski and Hodge were collateral damage in a plot to kill him.
49 125 Why does DeVasher think that the FBI selected Mitch to target? Devasher suggests that this might be a change of strategy and the FBI is now targeting someone who is fresh out of college and likely to be full of ideals and ethics.

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The Firm by John Grisham Chapter 10

The Firm by John Grisham Chapter 10

The Firm by John Grisham book summary

Chapter Ten

Chapter TEN
44 110 Why did Mitch think that Abbey’s decision to marry him had been an act of rebellion against her family? Abby’s parents had always pushed her to have the best of everything including marrying a wealthy, well connected man. Therefore her decision to marry a poor kid with no family was an act of rebellion
45 111 Mr and Mrs Sutherland both have a habit which Mitch does not approve of in his house or car. What is this? Smoking.

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The Firm by John Grisham Chapter 14

The Firm by John Grisham Chapter 14

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Chapter Fourteen

Chapter FOURTEEN

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Mitch considered telling Abby the truth about what happened on the beach in the Cayman Islands but ‘decides to go with Plan B’. What is Plan B?

To surprise her at the school where she worked and take her out for dinner at her favourite restaurant.

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Devasher meets with Oliver Lamont to give him some new information about Mitch. What is it and why does DeVasher think is its significance?

DeVasher informs Lamont that the woman who Mitch met in the Cayman Islands was in fact a prostitute, hired by the firm to ensnare Mitch. They had photographers following them who took photos of the entire event for evidence. DeVasher thinks that this now means that they ‘own Mitch’ and that he will stay loyal to the firm no matter what.

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The Firm by John Grisham Chapter 13

The Firm by John Grisham Chapter 13

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Chapter Thirteen

Chapter THIRTEEN
54 142 Avery informed Mitch that Lambert and McKnight had some concerns about him. What are these? They were concerned that Mitch was working too many hours and was in danger of neglecting his wife and ‘burning out’.
55 144 Avery and Mitch travel together to the Cayman islands. Why does Avery inform Mitch that his wife will be unable to accompany them? Wives are not permitted on work trips.
56 147 Whilst in ‘Rumheads’, Avery tells Mitch about what he would like to do when he retires. What are Avery’s plans and do you think that he is being serious? Avery tells Mitch that he would like to spend his retirement playing dominoes and darts whilst drinking Red stripe. Avery is likely caught up in the moment and not serious.
57 149 Mitch and Avery have dinner with ‘two beautiful half naked women’. What does Avery tell them about Mitch to make one of the women start to ‘drool and move closer to him’. Avery told them that Mitch had earned a fortune playing football for the Giants and had earned two super bowl rings before a knee injury had ruined his career.
58 152 Mitch meets a beautiful woman and walks along the beach with her. He is tempted to cheat on Abby. What event from college does he remember which makes him wonder if he could get away with it. Before he was married, but after he was engaged to Abby, he had cheated on her without any serious consequences whilst at college.
59 157 After their meeting with Osgood, Avery tells Mitch about an ‘unwritten rule of the office’. What is this rule, and what do you think that it means? ‘What happens away from Memphis stays away from Memphis.’ By this, Avery means that the lawyers can do whatever they want outside of Memphis, and no one will ever bring news of it back to Memphis.
60 160 When they first met, Osgood invited Mitch and Avery to join him for lunch but Avery declined saying that they both had a previous engagement. Mitch was unaware of any previous engagement but later discovered what Avery had planned. What was this? Avery had arranged to meet up with the woman he had met the night before.
61 161 When in the Georgetown Library, why does Mitch look through old editions of The Daily Caymanian for? He looks for information about the deaths of Kozinski, Hodge and their native captain.
62 161 Whilst in the library, Mitch sees something which makes him suspicious. What is this? He notices that there is a green Corvette which he thinks has been following him.
63 165 Why does Mitch want to meet Barry Abanks? Barry Abanks is the father of the native captain who was killed at the same time as Kozinski and Hodge, and Mitch hopes that he may have some more information about what happened.
64 167

Pick out the word which best describes how Barry Banks feels about the death of his son:

 

1)      Devastated

2)      Accepting

3)      Suspicious

4)      Relieved

 3.      Suspicious

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The Firm by John Grisham Chapter 16

The Firm by John Grisham Chapter 16

The Firm by John Grisham book summary

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter SIXTEEN
72 190 Mitch tells Abby that he has been contacted by an old friend from Western Kentucky. How had they met and for whom was his friend now working? Rick Acklin was now working for the FBI and had apparently happened to run into Mitch by chance, but then went on to tell him that he was being followed and his house was bugged.
73 193 After Mitch tells Abby everything which he has been told by the FBI, she suggests that they hire Eddie Lomax to search their house for listening devices. Mitch tells her that he has thought of that but decided against it. Why? If Eddie found something, then Mitch didn’t know what they could do. Secondly he was concerned that Eddie might disturb or break something and alert the firm to their suspicions and their involvement of a private detective.
74 194 Abby says that she feels sorry for whoever is monitoring the conversation in their house. Why? Because Mitch is so rarely home, there is very little conversation. Most conversation is between her and their pet dog, Heresay.

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