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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. Who did Alphonse play basketball against on the night of Eddie Cochran's death?
(a) A work team.
(b) A YMCA team.
(c) A neighborhood team.
(d) A San Francisco police department team.

2. Why does Steven think his mother is trying to show him more attention?
(a) A sense of duty.
(b) A profound love.
(c) She is not trying very hard.
(d) A conditional love.

3. Who is the Drug Enforcement Agency agent who meets with Abe regarding the drug deal?
(a) Dave Williams.
(b) Don Willis.
(c) Dick Willis.
(d) Don Williams.

4. Why does Arturo Cruz not want his homosexuality to become public?
(a) It is against his religion.
(b) He is married.
(c) It would mar his personal reputation.
(d) It would be bad for his business.

5. What does Diz tell Frannie that lifts her spirits regarding Eddie's death?
(a) There may be a suspect.
(b) Someone has confessed.
(c) She gets bonus life insurance money.
(d) They have a surveillance tape of the crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Linda think when she sees the money in her father's safe?

2. At what university had Abe and Fr. Cavanaugh met before?

3. Where does Alphonse say he was on the night of Eddie Cochran's death?

4. Who is Arturo Cruz' lover?

5. What does Frannie feel toward Eddie for dying at this point?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which murder does Alphonse Page admit to and which can he not be named as a suspect?

2. What personal pain does Dismas come to terms with in Chapter 25 and how does Jane respond?

3. What advice does Dismas get from his former father-in-law, Judge Fowler, about the case?

4. What does Arturo Cruz tell Dismas about the night Eddie died and how can he prove that he did not kill him?

5. Why does Dismas go to the small town of Gonzalez?

6. What surprises Abe when he meets Father Cavanaugh?

7. How is Steven beginning to recover and what is his relationship with his parents now?

8. How has Glitzky's murder case unraveled at this point?

9. What are the circumstances of Sam Polk's death?

10. What might the death of Eddie Cochran teach Dismas about coming to terms with the death of his own infant son?

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