Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. Its … offices filled the top floors of the third largest building downtown. (fashion)

2. In Goodman’s … office, Adam sat and waited …. (organize, nervous)

3. Goodman made a …. (decide)

4. It’s not …. (hope)

5. It started with a television news report from 1967 about the bombing of a … church. (Jew)

6. Sam was a decent father but not …. (affection)

7. It was a … marriage. (misery)

8. I’ve wondered a million of times how my father became such a … person. (horror)

9. Her name was mentioned …. (occasion)

CHAPTER III.

Parchman.

I. Vocabulary notes.

1.	eventually		в конце концов
2.	to prevent smth.		предотвратить ч-л.
3.	to approach smb. / smth.		приблизиться
4.	to be aware of smth.		понимать, осознавать ч-л.
5.	inmate		обитатель
6.	enormous		огромный
7.	sergeant		сержант
8.	to search smb.		обыскать к-л.
9.	to fix a date		назначить дату
10.	Supreme Court		Верховный Суд
11.	family reunion		сбор всей семьи
12.	attractive		привлекательный
13.	feature		черта
14.	patience		терпение
15.	to volunteer to do smth.		вызваться сделать ч-л.
16.	to be worth a lot of money		стоить больших денег
17.	to sign a confidentiality agreement		подписать соглашение о конфиденциальности
18.	conviction		осуждение
19.	embarrassing		смущающий
20.	to reveal		открыть, разоблачить
21.	to handle the legal process		вести дело
22.	at the bottom		снизу
23.	to waste time		терять время
24.	criminal		уголовный, преступник
25.	to avoid publicity		избегать огласки
26.	to be concerned about smth.		беспокоиться о ч-л.
27.	to gain smth.		приобретать ч-л.

II. Make up five comprehension questions for each part of the chapter.

III. Reading between the lines.

1. I get at least three offers a week now from lawyers who want to represent me for nothing.

2. I’ll sign a confidentiality agreement.

3. How many women partners do you have? How many blacks?

4. Your true identity will be revealed. It will be very embarrassing.

5. We like to avoid publicity.

IV. Topics for discussion.

1. Why do you think people on death row were kept in a special unit in Parchman?

2. Why do you think Sam was sure that Kravitz and Bane were unable to defend him?

3. Why did Adam want to become Sam’s lawyer so much?

4. Was Adam ashamed that he was Sam’s grandson?

Activities.

Fill in the correct names.

Sergeant Packer The Maximum Security Unit (MSU) Eddie Garner Goodman Baker Cooley Parchman

1. The unit at Parchman where prisoners on death row are kept.

2. He is Sam’s son.

3. He takes on cases of clients who cannot afford to pay at Kravitz and Bane.

4. It is a prison in Mississippi.

5. He is a guard at the MSU.

6. He is the managing partner at Kravitz and Bane.

Use the correct tense form.

1. Adam (begin) chewing his fingernails. In the center of the screen in front of him was a gap and it was through this little hole that he (come) face-to-face with Sam Cayhall.

2. His words were soft, slow, and delivered with the patience of a man who (spend) nine and a half ears alone in a tiny cell.

3. “You (handle) death cases before?” Sam asked.

4. “Listen to me, kid. I can see you (plan) this for a long time. But you can’t be my lawyer. First, I’m beyond help. Second, your true identity (reveal). It (be) very embarrassing.”

5. “When you (find) out about me?

6. “What you have to understand, son, this state (need) an execution, and I’m the nearest victim. Louisiana, Texas, and Florida (kill) them like flies, and the people of this state can’t undersand why our little chamber (not use).

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