PENGUIN ACTIVE READING Answer keys LEVEL 4

1 The Street Lawyerc Pearson Education Limited 2007 the street lawyer - Answer keys of 4 PENGUIN ACTIVE READINGT eacher Support ProgrammeAnswer keys LEVEL 4 Book 1 Open answers 2 Possible answers: They charge very high prices for their work; they make cases last a long time so they can get more money; they defend rich, guilty people and stop them from going to prison; they use very difficult language that only lawyers Possible answers: These people do not usually live in these poor areas in the United States, because they are not poor, but teachers, doctors and policemen work in these areas because poor people need them. Some lawyers , too, work for poor people. 2 Open 1 $120,000 2 He works almost all the time. His marriage is not a happy one. 3 Possible answers: He could spend more time with his wife; think less about making money; give more money 1 Rafter 2 Barry Nuzzo 3 Arthur Jacobs 4 Nate Malamud 5 Claire (Michael s wife) 6 Mordecai Gree 7 DeVon 1 DeVon Hardy was wearing all his clothes, which were very dirty.

2 2 The lawyers in the meeting room, who weren t expecting visitors, looked surprised. 3 Mister, whose real name was DeVon Hardy, had the lawyers tied up. 4 Mr. Jacobs spoke to the L Street shelter, which gave free soup to the poor. 5 Mister, who was homeless, wanted to know who was responsible for the eviction. 6 Drake & Sweeney lawyers , who worked fifteen hours a day, didn t complain about long Open 1 He decides to visit Mordecai Green and find the file on the eviction. 2 He invites his wife to go on vacation with him. 3 He decides to take time off, and maybe to leave Drake & Sweeney and work for the 1 The Law Center: metal desks, an old photocopier, pieces of carpet, a photo of Martin Luther King, dust and dirt. Michael s office: Persian carpets, windows, red leather armchairs, an expensive desk. Both offices: a computer, files. 2 a Sofia Mendoza b Mordecai Green c Braden Chance d Claire, Michael s wife e Michael s mother f Michael s father + Open 1 They haven t had a vacation in three years.

3 2 Michael hasn t seen his parents in almost a year. 3 Michael hasn t taken a day off work in over eighteen months. 4 Michael and Claire haven t been out for dinner together in four months. 5 Michael s father and mother haven t worked in three years. 6 Michael hasn t beaten his father at golf in about two years. 7 Michael s mother hasn t seen Claire in Open 1 doesn t 2 doesn t 3 doesn 1 car 10 city 2 woman 11 open 3 warm 12 work 4 slept 13 time 5 months 14 march 6 4 15 funerals 7 of 16 Law 8 weather 17 speech 9 1 I had never visited a shelter for the homeless. 2 I had never given out sandwiches to the hungry before. 3 I had never talked to a homeless family before. 4 I had never bought clothes and toys for poor children before. 5 I had never been interested in helping the poor before. 6 I had never worked for low pay before. Open 1 No 2 No 3 No 4 Yes 5 YesThe Street Lawyerc Pearson Education Limited 2007 the street lawyer - Answer keys 2 of 4 PENGUIN ACTIVE READINGT eacher Support ProgrammeAnswer keys LEVEL 1 3 2 6 3 4 4 1 5 8 6 5 7 2 8 1 Michael s note said that he had found a new apartment and he was moving into it the next/following morning.

4 2 Claire s note said that she would see him after she had finished work. She couldn t come before six o clock. 3 Michael s note said that he had had a car accident the night before. He was in the hospital and his car was badly damaged. There was a file in the car which he needed. Could Mordecai help him to get it? 4 Hector Palma s note said that there was a file missing from Drake & Sweeney. He had to see Michael that day. Could Michael meet him at Nathan s Bar at 9 pm? 5 Mordecai s note said that he was sorry to hear about his accident. He would help Michael to get the file from his car. Michael could use the copier at the Center any time he Open 1 file 2 keys 3 tenants 4 responsible 5 1 Michael has a client whose wife is on drugs. His name is Marvis. Michael has a client who wants a divorce. His name is Marvis. Michael has a client who can t see her son until she stops taking drugs. Her name is Ruby. Michael has a client who used to work in a fast-food restaurant. Her name is Waylene.

5 2 a 3 b 7 c 7 d 3 e 7 f 3 g 1 Waylene left her job at the restaurant without giving them the address. 2 The police came into Claire s apartment without warning her. 3 They left the apartment without finding anything. 4 RiverOaks wanted to pull the warehouse down without waiting for a legal eviction. 5 Michael walked into Palma s office without making an appointment. 6 Before getting out on bail, Michael spent several hours in a police cell. / After spending several hours in a police cell, Michael got out on bail. 7 Before stealing his jacket and shoes, the men kicked Michael in the head. / After kicking Michael in the head, the men stole his jacket and Open answersTalk about it Open answersWrite about it Open answersProject Open answersDiscussion activities key1 Suggested Answer : People: Mister, DeVon Hardy, Mordecai Green, Mom and Dad, Lontae Burton, a new person, Braden Chance, Hector Palma, The Homeless, Megan. Companies: RiverOaks, The Washington Post. Place: Chicago2 Open answers3 Open answers4 Suggested Answer : At Drake & Sweeney you have to work long hours: six days a week as a lawyer for rich and powerful companies.

6 You are given a big quiet office with expensive furniture and a computer. You earn a lot of money, which your clients pay. If you work hard, one day you can become a partner. Then you earn more!5 Suggested answers: In a poor neighborhood. His car is big/modern/expensive. It s a Open answers7 Suggested Answer :Drake & SweeneyLawyersMICHAEL BROCKP hone XXXXXXXXXXCell phone XXXXXXXXXXXXX8 Open answers9 Suggested answers: He is with Mordecai Green. They are in a hospital. They are dead people s feet. Maybe the dead are homeless people who were Mordecai s Suggested Answer : Michael: Do you have a family? Mordecai: Yes. I m married and have three sons. Michael: Do they live with you? The Street Lawyerc Pearson Education Limited 2007 the street lawyer - Answer keys of 4 PENGUIN ACTIVE READINGT eacher Support ProgrammeAnswer keys LEVEL 4 Mordecai: Well, no. One is in college. Another is in the army. And the third one was killed on the streets. Michael: I m sorry to hear that. What happened?

7 Mordecai: He was killed by a gang ten years ago. And you? Have you got any children? Michael: No, I m married but we do not have any Suggested Answer : Cold night. Lontae and children ate and slept in shelter. Sandwiches. Cookies. Apple juice. Warm inside. Volunteers were nice. Horrible death in a car. Children asleep. Never 13 Open answers14 Suggested Answer : Michael was left two keys, one to open Chance s office and another one to open the file drawer. The file described the eviction but there was a note missing from the file, probably taken out by Chance after Mister had visited the law company. Palma had been there when the police evicted the people, including the Burtons. He was part of the eviction because he worked for Drake & Sweeney, the law company carrying out the eviction for RiverOaks, a real estate company. Nuzzo might be at the 14th Street Law Center as a friend of Michael s, to give him some advice, or to get information for the law Open answers16 Suggested Answer :Names of clientsProblemsSolutionsWayleneHer last two checks have will have her checks sent to the 14th Street Law wants a divorce because his wife is on will get him the 58-year-old womanHer husband is dead and the government is sending her money to the wrong will get all her money back and get it sent to the right isn t allowed to see her son until she stops taking will get her onto a drugs Open answers18 Suggested answers: Some people don t earn enough money to pay rent for an apartment.

8 Street lawyers take on the case of any person who is homeless. Most of the time their clients do not get the money that they should be collecting. They generally get information they need from ordinary people, from friends, from neighbors, etc. For example, Sofia, Mordecai s secretary, learned that Hector Palma had been sent to Chicago from a friend of a friend at the Palmas Suggested answers: If there was no news in the newspapers then nobody would learn about the lawsuit against Drake & Sweeney and they would continue with the theft of the file lawsuit and the Bar Association complaint; the Post Office would still want RiverOaks as their real estate company; RiverOaks would still do business with Drake & Sweeney, etc. Activity worksheets key1 1 squatter 2 warehouses 3 eviction 4 dynamite 5 clients 6 shelter2 a 3 b 3 c 7 Arthur Jacobs became a partner when he was thirty. Now he was seventy-nine and he was the oldest of the partners in Washington. d 7 Claire was a doctor. She had to work as much as Michael so she was not home when he came back from work.

9 E 7 Only some lawyers in the company were responsible for the eviction of illegal squatters like Mister. 3 a was started in 1977 b who was a partner in real estate c forty-two files d warehouse e the eviction of squatters f January 274 a Michael s office had expensive furniture and Persian carpets but Mordecai s had only three metal desks, one computer and an old photocopier. b The company had rich and powerful companies as clients but the center worked for the homeless. c Michael was a lawyer with money but Mordecai was a lawyer with a heart. d Mordecai s office was busy, dusty and interesting but Michael s was quiet and Street Lawyerc Pearson Education Limited 2007 the street lawyer - Answer keys 4 of 4 PENGUIN ACTIVE READINGT eacher Support ProgrammeAnswer keys LEVEL 4 e Michael did not like his job but Mordecai was happy to give time for the 1 f 2 g 3 a 4 e 5 d 6 c 7 b6 a He was sad. He did not want it to happen again b To pay for the funeral. c At a beautiful church which did not open its doors to the homeless.

10 D A march to Capitol Hill. e To offer him a job at the law center. f He needed the eviction file from Drake & Sweeney. g She said she was tired and the next day she visited a divorce a 7 Arthur and Hector Palma thought Braden Chance was a fool. b 3 c 3 d 7 Michael had some problems in getting the file out of Chance s office: when he was in Chance s office, two young lawyers met outside and talked for a while. e 7 Michael told Mordecai the file was important, but he did not tell him what was in it. f 3 g 7 Only Lontae Burton fought with the police. h 38 a Michael wanted to record the police searching his apartment and then start a lawsuit. b Michael wanted to sound confident; he wanted to show the person at the desk that he knew the people at the Chicago office; he did not want anyone to ask him where he was going, etc. c Hector Palma wanted to give him a copy of the missing note outside the Drake & Sweeney building. d Everybody in the police station was black, except Michael and a drunken white man.