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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Frannie think that Eddie may have been overwhelmed on the day he died?
(a) He filed for bankruptcy that day.
(b) He totalled the car that day.
(c) He was being audited by the IRS.
(d) She had told him she was pregnant on the day he died.

2. What had Frannie told Eddie on the night he was found dead?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She wrecked the car.
(c) She got a new job.
(d) She wants to buy a house.

3. Who is the owner of Army Distributing?
(a) Sam Pollard.
(b) Seth Pitt.
(c) Sam Polk.
(d) Steve Posten.

4. Where does Big Ed spend much of his time in the days after Eddie's death?
(a) Church.
(b) In bed.
(c) A bar.
(d) The cemetery.

5. What can Fr. Cavanaugh not allow if Eddie had committed suicide?
(a) Eddie's child to be baptized in the church.
(b) Eddie's burial in consecrated ground.
(c) A funeral mass.
(d) His death notice in the church bulletin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Eddie Cochran's wife?

2. Who is Sam Polk's new wife?

3. Who is Eddie's younger brother?

4. Who was overtly flirting with Dismas at Eddie's funeral?

5. When Steven plans to run away he takes with him Diz' business card and ________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Father Cavanaugh's quasi-confession to Dismas so important?

2. What is Father Cavanaugh's relationship with the Cochran family?

3. What does Dismas surmise about Linda Polk's feelings about her father's new marriage?

4. What is one line of thinking for why Eddie may have killed himself in the parking lot at Arturo Cruz' business?

5. How do the people who cared for Eddie Cochran seem to be managing during the time after his funeral?

6. What does Dismas learn from Linda Polk about the troubles of Army Distributing?

7. What tragedy occurs when Dismas goes to the Giants game at Candlestick Park?

8. What is the irony of Dismas seeming to come to life again while investigating Eddie's death?

9. What physical evidence does Dismas glean that proves to him that Eddie did not commit suicide?

10. What does Steven Cochran do when it seems as if Eddie has even eclipsed him in death?

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