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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 Glitsky hope Dismas will do?

2. Why is Sam Polk angry at Eddie Cochran?

3. Why is Army Distributing in trouble?

4. Who does Mr. Cruz think Dismas is?

5. With which employee does Dismas first speak when arriving at the Cruz Building?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dismas speculate about Sam's wife, Nika's, possible interest in Eddie Cochran?

2. What does Father Cavanaugh tell Dismas about Eddie's concerns about what was going on at Army Distributing?

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

4. What does Dismas do after identifying Eddie Cochran's body?

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

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

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

8. Why does Father Cavanaugh think he is responsible for Eddie's death?

9. Who is Abe Glitsky and how does he know Dismas?

10. Who is Linda Polk and why does she speak to a man named Alphonse Page at Army Distributing, her father's company?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the overall setting for the novel. Why does Lescroart use the setting he does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses more than one theme in the novel. Identify at least two themes in the story and then cite an example to support each theme.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of greed. Identify at least two themes about greed in the book. Then cite an example to support each theme you name.

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