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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. What is the name of the area of town where the Munton brothers live?
(a) Norbert Green.
(b) Diablo Acres.
(c) Stonyfield.
(d) Langley Hills.

2. While Blake is chatting with Rachel at Hoppers in Chapter 9, what does he notice behind the bar?
(a) A piece of cable.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) A broken bottle.
(d) A bag of cash.

3. What does Lee hit Fenton with, knocking him off his chair, in Chapter 10?
(a) His boot.
(b) A pistol.
(c) Brass knuckles.
(d) A lamp.

4. Who does Fin say is after Blake in Chapter 2?
(a) The police.
(b) The Russian mob.
(c) The Muntons.
(d) Dan Draper.

5. Who told Blake to burn down Hoppers for the insurance money?
(a) Lee Munton.
(b) Tommy Munton.
(c) Baz Munton.
(d) Mandy Munton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 8 begins with a morning call to Blake from whom?

2. What is Blake's full name?

3. What does Blake smell in Sally's flat in Chapter 3?

4. Who did Blake enlist to do the job of burning down Hoppers?

5. What does Blake note about the big man who appears at Hoppers and asks questions about the ownership and the door staff in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Blake and the Muntons enter Fenton's office in Chapter 10?

2. How does Blake's behavior reveal his inner emotions at Hoppers in Chapter 9?

3. What foreshadowing takes place at the Paul Pry in Chapter 1?

4. How does Blake describe the history of the Munton family in Chapter 7?

5. Who does Blake encounter while attempting to hide Baz's body in Chapter 5? What does Blake do?

6. What possibilities does Blake consider for the body's disappearance in Chapter 9?

7. What is described in the news article which opens the book? To whose point of view does the narrative switch after the article?

8. Who has a knife to Blake when the action returns to the present in Chapter 6? Where does he say to go?

9. What causes Baz to get the upper hand in fighting Blake in Chapter 5? What takes place in the fight?

10. What does Blake ask Sally when he sees her in Chapter 3? What is her reaction?

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