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The Rainmaker Book key 5 a Rudy takes a letter to the Blacks that ends their contract with Lake and gives it to J. Lyman Stone, 1 a bone marrow transplant which is Bruiser’s real name. After the Blacks sign b no the letter, Lancaster does not own the case because c evidence he has not filed the lawsuit yet. 2 a Rudy Baylor b The Blacks are suing for two hundred thousand b Dot and Bud Black dollars actual damages, plus ten million dollars in c Donny Ray Black punitive damages. d The insurance company is called Great Benefit c Rudy knows that Donny Ray will die before the because the name means “a great help,” which it is trial ends and there is a verdict. He does not tell not. This is Grisham’s joke. the Blacks, and he feels he is being cruel to them. e Grisham graduated from the University of d Bruiser’s firm does not expect Rudy to wear nice Mississippi law school in 1981 and his first suits, drive a good car, live in a respectable house, best-seller, The Firm, appeared in 1991. or spend time at the right clubs. Although the 3 a 2 b 4 c 1 d 6 e 7 f 3 g 8 h 5 pay is poor, Rudy has a wonderful feeling of 4 a Donny Ray and Ron are identical twins. Ron’s independence. bone marrow is a perfect match for Donny Ray’s. e The most important thing in Rudy’s life at the He could save his brother’s life if the insurance moment is passing his bar exam. company would pay for the transplant. 6–7 Open answers b Great Benefit is Dot Black’s insurance company. 8 a T b F c T d F e T f T g T They have been taking her money for five years 9 a Rudy Baylor and now that she needs them to cover the cost b Leo F. Drummond of her son’s bone marrow transplant, they refuse c Harvey Hale to pay. She has written eight letters to the claims d Bruiser Stone department, and the head of this department has e Booker Kane sent her a letter calling her “stupid.” 10 a Bruiser’s firm has succeeded in getting a quick c Rudy Baylor works in Prince Thomas’s student settlement of one hundred thousand dollars from bar. Rudy is grateful to Prince for paying him one the driver’s insurance company. hundred dollars a week for twenty hours of work. b Bruiser gets $33,000, of which he gives $5,500 to d Max Leuberg taught Insurance Law to Rudy last Rudy and $5,500 to Deck. year. Rudy goes to him for advice about the Black c Rudy and Deck are surprised by Bruiser’s case and Leuberg tells Rudy to send the family to generosity. Rudy did not expect anything, so he an experienced lawyer. feels wealthy. Deck suspects that Bruiser’s generosity e Barry X. Lancaster offers Rudy a job at the Lake means that something bad is going to happen. firm for an annual salary of twenty-one thousand 11 a Rudy is talking about the telephone that Bruiser dollars. Rudy gives the firm the Black case and the has given him. The tiny telephone makes it possible fees from it, but Lancaster has just used Rudy to for Bruiser to call Rudy whenever he wants. It is a steal the case. After Mr. Lake refuses to employ psychological weight on Rudy’s mind. Rudy, there is a fire. Lancaster tells the police that b Bruiser is warning Rudy that he will face an Rudy was quite upset when he left the office. excellent trial lawyer and the lawyer’s favorite judge. f Prince Thomas and Bruiser were best friends as It will be a lot of work for Rudy because the lawyers children and in high school. They are still friends will make sure that there is a lot of paperwork. That and have had many adventures together. Bruiser is a is how they make their money. lawyer and Prince wants him to give Rudy a job.

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c Deck warns Rudy that it is time to leave Bruiser b The Stupid Letter proves that Great Benefit treats Stone’s law firm. The police will be putting him out uneducated people rudely and unfairly. of business and after that their files will not be able c Dot’s plan to give the ten million dollars to the to leave the building. Deck wants Rudy to start a American Leukemia Society proves that she is not new law firm with him. greedy. d Judge Harvey Hale is talking to Rudy, who he does d Jackie Lemancyzk’s information proves that her not know, when he arrives without Bruiser to argue bosses have told lies in court and that they are the motion. dishonest, immoral men who have a policy of e Drummond is talking to Rudy, hoping that the denying claims. Blacks will accept money instead of justice for their e Payton Reisky’s opinion of the handling of Dot’s son. claim proves that the national insurance group 12 Open answers works against clients making insurance claims. 13 a 7 b 1 c 4 d 2 e 5 f 8 g 3 h 6 22 a He means that he cannot afford to pay expensive 14 3: a, b, d, e lawyers and psychologists who specialize in 15 a Harvey Hale is Drummond’s old friend and injuries to examine the files on the twelve jurors. wants to help him and the Tinley Britt team of Drummond will be able to. Rudy will have only lawyers win the case for Great Benefit. Tyrone Deck to help him. Kipler dislikes Tinley Britt and hates insurance b Rudy means that Drummond must be shocked and companies—he sues them all the time. very angry after listening to Rudy’s conversations b Rudy Baylor, unlike the Tinley Britt lawyers, with the “jurors.” He knows that Drummond can’t has very little money so he has to take a bus to say that he has been listening to all of Rudy’s phone Cleveland while they fly first class. The Tinley Britt calls. lawyers will stay in an expensive hotel and have a c Rudy means that when Porter attacks Drummond, fine dinner while Rudy will stay in a cheap hotel. Rudy does not get up to help him. He has finally They will sleep well while Rudy will not be able to got his revenge on Drummond for putting sleep because he is only one inexperienced lawyer microphones in his telephones. against eight experienced lawyers. But Rudy wants d He means that Great Benefit’s Section U, justice. instructing staff to deny every claim, has made 16 a Jackie Lemancyzk has left her job and is no longer it clear to the jury that the insurance company is the claims handler at Great Benefit. guilty. The jury will definitely decide that Great b Russell Krokit, head of the claims department who Benefit is guilty after they see the tape with Donny wrote the Stupid Letter, has left Great Benefit. Ray testifying against them. c Kelly Riker, the beautiful woman who is repeatedly e He means that Jack Underhall is guilty of making beaten by her husband, is going to file for a divorce Jackie sign an illegal agreement and he knows it. with Rudy’s help. She wants to be with Rudy. He is embarrassed and cannot look at Baylor or the d Booker Kane, Rudy’s best friend, has finally passed jurors, only down at his shoes. the bar exam and will be able to keep his job. 23–24 Open answers 17–18 Open answers 25 a divorce b punitive damages c verdict d kills 19 a include bone marrow transplants e Kelly f Great Benefit g Rikers h $4 million b incomplete i business j law c was paid for sex by her bosses 26–37 Open answers d a thousand dollars e tells lies to the judge and jury Discussion activities key 20 a 7 b 3 c 7 d 3 e 3 1–2 Open answers 21 a Section U, which was removed from the copies of 3 Possible answers: the manual given to Rudy Baylor, proves that Great a Leukemia is a type of cancer that attacks blood Benefit had a policy of refusing every claim within cells. three days of receiving it. b It is the transplant of bone marrow from a healthy person to a leukemia patient.

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c It is a contract between an insurance company and c cat a person or group who will get compensation if the d drinks a lot right conditions are met. Medical insurance policy, e millions life insurance policy, accident insurance policy, etc. f Jonathan Lake d Open answers g bar e Banks h bony 4 a Sample answer: Black is a surname. It can also 4 a 3 b 2 describe the ethnic origin of a person. 5 a 4 b 7 c 1 d 5 e 3 f 6 g 2 b People with African roots 6 bar exam, recorded message, tape recorder, law school, c–e Open answers wheelchair, metal pin, wedding ring, baseball bat, 5–19 Open answers physical injuries, orange juice, red lipstick 20 Great Benefit proposes to settle the case with an offer 7 a Tinley Britt is the company that took his job away. of seventy-five thousand dollars. Judge Hale dies and b Because Drummond is a good lawyer and rarely Tyrone Kipler is the newly appointed judge. loses a case and Judge Hale is his favorite judge. 21 The stupid letter c Booker’s name is not on the list of people who were 22 Open answers in the newspaper. 23 Sample answers: Bar-room Lawyers Wanted by d Probably because he is about to run from the police Police / Judge Dies by Pool and doesn’t want to leave Rudy and Deck with 24–34 Open answers nothing. 35 Dot reads the letters of denial. e He describes them as a heartless army—short hair, Drummond asks Dot, “Why did you sue Great dark suits, white shirts, straight ties, hard faces, Benefit for ten million dollars?” nasty little smiles. Dot says, “Your client has a fortune, and your client f They have a routine: first, Drummond makes an killed my son.” offer, then, Judge Hale acts surprised and says it’s a Dot answers, “Give every penny to the American good offer. Leukemia Society. I don’t want your rotten money.” 8 The new judge is straightforward and extremely 36–42 Open answers bright. 9 a Drummond has not seen the Stupid Letter and is Activity worksheets key very surprised by it. 1 a Rudy Baylor has no job. b Rudy goes by bus. He doesn’t travel first class. b He is going to fight a case against a big insurance c Only three of them arrive at nine in the morning. company. 10 Rudy receives $2,410. c His clients are not very rich. His expenses: $100 bus ticket, $40 hotel and food, d John Grisham started his own law firm. $250 court reporter 2 a Because the company that offered him a job— Total expenses: $390 Brodnax and Spear—are taken over by another Total profit: $2,020 company, Tinley Britt. Tinley Britt then fires 11 Rudy tells Deck on the phone that Dot wants to settle everyone from Brodnax and Spear. the claim. He says how much she wants. This is not b Rudy calls it shocking and mean (p. 3). Max calls it true. Drummond phones the next morning offering a unbelievable (p. 4). few thousand more than Dot asks for. He says to Rudy c 1: leukemia wasn’t covered in the policy; 2: Donny that he knows she wants to settle. Ray had leukemia before they bought the policy; 12 a Max does because he wants to leave the jury with a 3: he was an adult and not covered by his parents’ wonderful picture. policy. b Drummond asks the question because he wants to 3 a Rudy should find an experienced lawyer to take the show that Rudy and Deck do not follow the normal case practice. b hot 13 Open answers

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The Rainmaker 14 a insurance b instructions c guilty Progress test key d actual, punitive 1 a Deck b Prince c Kelly d Drummond 15 Open answers e Donny Ray f Tyrone Kipler 16 a Because the parent company, PinnConn, took all 2 a 4 b 2 c 4 d 3 their money and sent it to Europe. 3 a head b jewelry store c witness d greedy b It is because she caused the death of Great Benefit. 4 a Rudy to Drummond 17 Suggested answers: b Drummond to Rudy a they wouldn’t have been taken to court. c Jackie Lemancyzk to the court / Rudy b he would have been very happy to win the case. d Deck to Rudy c Rudy wouldn’t have killed him. e Dot to Drummond / the court 5 a 5 b 3 c 2 d 6 e 4 f 1

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