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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sheila's excuse to Cole for not depending upon Hatcher in Chapter Five?
(a) He is always drunk.
(b) He has poor eyesight.
(c) He is too lazy to help.
(d) He could have been clubbed.

2. Who is Richards Sangoise?
(a) An FBI agent.
(b) A dope dealer from Crenshaw.
(c) A yakuza master.
(d) A Bushido warrior.

3. Who does Ishida tell Cole a private detective should look like in Chapter Four?
(a) Ellery Queen.
(b) Sam Spade.
(c) Sherlock Holmes.
(d) Mickey Spillane.

4. Who, according to Cole, would have been proud of the way Sheila looks when she enters the Man of the Month banquet with her husband?
(a) Elizabeth Taylor.
(b) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(c) Tammy Wynette.
(d) Nancy Reagan.

5. Whom does Cole call once he has entered the office on the catwalk?
(a) Lou Poitras.
(b) Sheila Warren.
(c) Joe Pike.
(d) Bradley Warren.

6. What is the first thing Bradley asks Cole when he enters the man's office in Chapter Seven?
(a) How much he owes Cole.
(b) How he is feeling.
(c) If he has found the Hagakure yet.
(d) About the threat to his wife.

7. What clothing style does Jillian reflect when Cole first meets her?
(a) Cutting edge Ccouture.
(b) Collegiate.
(c) Serious businesswoman.
(d) Young and flirty.

8. While Cole is looking through Ishida's credit card statements, where does he note Ishida had gone two or three times a week over the past three months?
(a) Mr. Moto's.
(b) The L.A. Country Club.
(c) Ma Maison.
(d) Applebee's.

9. Who is the head of security at the New Nippon Hotel?
(a) Jack Ellis.
(b) Edward Tang.
(c) John Eli.
(d) Traci Fishman.

10. What does Malcolm Denning have on his desk?
(a) A stack of bills he needs to pay.
(b) A bust of the Hagakure.
(c) Photos of his family.
(d) A telephone with six lines.

11. What does Cole tell Pike they have to find in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) The Pacific Men's Club President.
(b) The yakuza.
(c) A dead man's pinkie finger.
(d) The way to Santa Monica.

12. What is Pike's general demeanor like?
(a) He is often drunk.
(b) He never smiles.
(c) He is always happy and smiling.
(d) He is shy and withdrawn.

13. How does Lou Poitras react after viewing the murder seen in Ishida's office?
(a) He giggles.
(b) He acts like it is nothing.
(c) He vomits.
(d) He turns pale.

14. As Cole drives to Santa Monica towards his office in Chapter Fourteen, what does he anticipate people might be saying as he pulls up beside them at traffic lights?
(a) What a great car he drives.
(b) How handsome he looks.
(c) He is getting old-looking.
(d) Nasty things about him.

15. What has Cole never told the owner of the Vietnamese restaurant he frequents in Westwood?
(a) He spent eleven months in Vietnam.
(b) He loves the food.
(c) He usually dislikes the food.
(d) He treats the restaurant as his second home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Bradley fire in Chapter Thirteen?

2. What does Mimi witness between her mother and Cole in Chapter Five?

3. What state of mind is Sheila in when Cole first meets her?

4. How long ago do the men from the medical examiner's office tell Cole the murders in Chapter Ten occurred?

5. What does Cole do in Chapter Four when Ishida finally leaves his place of business?

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