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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lang tell O'Neil is obviously happening?

2. What does Sarah Woolf do when she learns what her father is accused of?

3. Who does Lang find in his apartment in Chapter 3 when he returns from his lunch with Paulie?

4. Where does Solomon say that he believes Alexander Woolf is at that moment in Chapter 4 while Solomon and Lang are drinking?

5. Who gave the Ministry of Defence the information about Lang being asked to murder Woolf?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation that Sarah Woolf and Lang have in Chapter 1 when they first meet.

2. What happens when O'Neil arrives in Lang's hospital room?

3. Describe the phone conversation in Chapter 5 when Woolf calls Lang.

4. Describe what Solomon tells Lang in chapter four when Lang asks why the Ministry of Defence is involved in Woolf is all there is a drug charge?

5. What does Lang do before he leaves the building in Chapter 8?

6. What does Lang find when he returns to his apartment from his initial interview with O'Neil and Solomon?

7. What story does Lang give Barnes when Barnes says he knows that Solomon is on a plane at that moment?

8. What happens when Lang returns to his apartment in Chapter 2?

9. What happens when the men arrive at the art gallery with Lang?

10. What happens when Lang enters the art gallery following McCluskey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Describe Paulie. Compare Paulie to Lang.

Part 2) What does it say about Paulie and Lang that they feel the need to hang out with each other in order to feel better about themselves.

Part 3) Which character in the story do you feel is the most like Paulie?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Compare Barnes and Murdah.

Part 2) Why did these two men seem to work so well together?

Part 3) How did it change the perception of Murdah to see him panicked on the roof ?

Part 4) Was it shocking that Barnes was the one flying the helicopter.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Compare Ronnie and Sarah Woolf.

Part 2) At what point in the story did it become clear that Lang would not stay with Sarah? Why did you pick this point?

Part 3) Was it shocking that Ronnie was at the airport waiting for Lang? Explain.

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