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

2. Whose voice does Diz realize is on the 911 call reporting Eddie's body?

3. Why does Arturo Cruz not want his homosexuality to become public?

4. At dinner, Diz and Jane talk about their divorce and __________________.

5. Where does Abe meet with Fr. Cavanaugh?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were Arturo Cruz' reasons for lying to the police about his knowledge of Eddie's death?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Dismas finally know who had made the 911 call reporting Eddie's death?

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

9. What does Big Ed share with Dismas about Father Cavanaugh and his place in the Cochran family?

10. Dismas meets with Father Cavanaugh and does not realize that the priest reveals a huge piece of information in the case. What is it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 disappointment. Identify at least two characters who either embody or experience disappointment then cite an example to support your answers.

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