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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. With what type of weapon is Linda killed?
(a) Pistol.
(b) Rope.
(c) Knife.
(d) Ax.

2. How does Steven Cochran feel about his place in his family?
(a) He knows that he is completely loved.
(b) He has never been completely accepted.
(c) He is cautiously optimistic that they will come around.
(d) He knows that he is hated by his family members.

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

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

5. Who identifies the knife that was used to murder Linda Polk?
(a) Sam.
(b) Diz.
(c) Alphonse.
(d) Nika.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Arturo Cruz' lover?

2. Who is the cousin with whom Alphonse is traveling?

3. Who does Diz meet for lunch in Chapter 28?

4. Which of the following does Fr. Cavanaugh NOT tell Diz as they sit at the bar?

5. What does Abe tell Alphonse that panics him a little bit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the circumstances of Linda Polk's death?

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

3. Why is Abe Glitsky intrigued to meet with Father Cavanaugh in Chapter 21?

4. What feeling does Dismas get that Eddie's death has not been related to a drug deal or trouble at work?

5. Why is Frannie having a hard time understanding Eddie's death and her possible role in it?

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

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

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

9. Who is Matthew R. Brody III and what information does he give Dismas regarding blackmailing Arturo Cruz?

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

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