Comprehension

2. Give detailed answers to the following questions

1. What kind of meeting was taking place in the dining room? Who were the participants?

2. How did Antonio Granelli begin his climb to power?

3. Did Michael Moretti fit into pattern of the Family? Why? or Why not?

4. What kind of business was the Granelli Family involved?

5. What problem did Michael have? In what way did he solve it?

6. How many Mafia Families were there in the United States?

7. What did Michael Morreti plan sitting in the courtroom?

8. Why had Michael finally selected Jennifer Parker to deliver an envelope?

9. What changes took place in Jennifer’s life after she had won the Abraham Wilson case brilliantly?

10. Did Adam Warner ask Jennifer to dinner as a professional courtesy?

11. What case did Father Ryan propose to Jennifer?

12. Why did Jennifer resolve never to succumb to Father Ryan’s blandishments again?

13. What did Jennifer learn from the transcripts of Connie Garrett’s lawsuit?

14. Did Jennifer try to put Adam out of her mind? What reminded her of Adam?

3. Find evidence in the text to support the following statements

1. Antonio Granelli was capo of the most powerful Mafia Family on the east coast.

2. Michael Moretti’s contribution to Antonio Granelli’s Family was singnificant.

3. Michael and his father were entirely different.

4. Antonio Granelli and Michael Moretti’s relationships were not sincere.

5. Only winners obtain recognition.

6. As Jennifer’s dinner date with Adam Warner drew closer, she found it more and more difficult to concentrate on business.

7. Love is not the only motive to enter into a marriage.

8. To Jennifer’s surprise Melvin Hutcherson had told the truth. He had done a good job. (Jennifer plunged herself into work, and still the weeks seemed to drag by

4. Consider the following topics. Make use of the words and word combinations given in brackets

1. Antonio Granelli’s Family:a) soldati: Nick Vito (a cadaverous-looking man, invisible, two hundred dollar shoes, white socks); Joseph Colella (“Big Joe”, a huge slab of a man, a granite monolith, a vegetable garden, a potato nose, cauliflower ears, a pea brain, a soft, high-pitched voice, a deceptively gentle manner, to own a race horse, to have a knack for smth, a family man, a strict Catholic ); Salvatore Fiore (a midget, an innocent face, a choirboy, to be attracted to sb, to boast, a jockey, to ban, to dope a horse, to find sb’s body, to belong to sb, body and soul ) b) Antonio Granelli (capo of the most powerful Mafia Family, a powerful-looking man, a laborer, to be born in Palermo, to come to America, a lieutenant to the dock boss, to have an argument, to disappear mysteriously, to take over, to begin one’s climb to power, to branch out, loan-sharking, racket, prostitution and gambling, drugs and murder, to be indicted, to be convicted, a minor assault charge, a ruthless man, a total amorality) c) Tomas Colfax (the Family consigliere, to have a brilliant future, a corporation lawyer, to be Mafia-controlled company, to lure into, to handle cases, to become one’s sole client, a lucrative client, a wealthy man, real estate, bank accounts) d) Michael Moretti (a son-in-law, ambitious, to make sb nervous, to fit into the pattern, to make sb suspect, to trust, a shoemaker, to run one’s business honestly, to be entirely different, to put oneself through, to arrange a meeting, to ask for a loan, to go into business, to be a surprise, impudent, to make sb rich)

2. Michael Moretti’s contribution to the Granelli Family’s prosperity (to move cautiously, to test each piece of sb’s advice, to succeed brilliantly, to be involved in smth, profitable legal activities, under sb’s supervision, to branch out, dozens of legitimate business, a minor partner, to take over, to strip off assets, impeccable reputation, to find oneself bankrupt, a satisfactory profit, to increase smth tremendously, the Family-owned insurance companies, a symbolic giant)

3. Mickael Moretti’s case to escape from the airtight case (to be indicted for the murders of sb, to agree to testify against sb, get rid of, to thing a way out , to call sb, to be sworn in on the District Attorney’s staff, to sit in a courtroom, new assistant district attorneys, to look over carefully, to search and judge, to be dangerous, to deal with sb, tobe too nervous, to be helpful, to make one’s mark, to select, to be inexperienced, to hide sb, to be female, to feel under more pressure, to be satisfied with smth, to nod toward sb, to declare a recess, to join sb, to be crowded around the District Attorney, to make oneself a part of a group, to hand an envelope, to move toward the witness room, to relax)

4. Conny Garnett’s case ( a quadruple amputee, to be shocked by smth, a wonderful radiance in the face, a torso with no arms or legs, to be in an accident, to cross an intersection, to step off the sidewalk, to slip, to fall in front of a truck, to do Christmas shopping, to be hit by the truck, an injury to one’s spine, to sue the utility company, to lose a case, to appeal and lose the appeal, to give false hope, Melvin Hutcherson a short, balding man, to do a bang-up job, to go over the transcripts of Connie Garrett’s lawsuit, to do a good job, co-defendants, to demand a trial by jury, to exonerate, to cope with smth, an act of God, negligence, charges against the truck company, to testify to avoid hitting the victim, to brake in time, the verdict in favor of the defendant, to close the case)