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

2. Why had Eddie Cochran gone to Arturo Cruz' house?
(a) To drop off some baseball tickets.
(b) To convince him to stay with Army Distributing.
(c) To play poker.
(d) To set up the drug deal.

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

4. Abe Glitsky tells Diz that _____________ is a suspect in Linda's murder.
(a) Alphonse Page.
(b) Sam Polk.
(c) Steven Cochran.
(d) Nika Polk.

5. Instead of Sunday night, when does Rose recall Fr. Cavanaugh's last meeting with Eddie Cochran?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Wednesday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who identifies the knife that was used to murder Linda Polk?

2. Where is Sam's body found?

3. What is the cause of Sam's death?

4. What does Fr. Cavanaugh do when Rose challenges him on the last time he met with Eddie Cochran?

5. The District Attorney tells Abe that Sam Polk could not have killed Eddie because __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Linda Polk and Alphonse Page go to Sam's office to check the safe?

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

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

4. What surprises Abe when he meets Father Cavanaugh?

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

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

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

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

9. What bit of information does Rose, the rectory housekeeper, find to be out of place when Father Cavanaugh talks with Abe?

10. How does the Drug Enforcement Agency or DEA view the case of Eddie's death?

(see the answer keys)

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