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

2. Who opens the safe in the stock room in Chapter 10?
(a) Mandy.
(b) Jess.
(c) Lee.
(d) Tommy.

3. Where does Jess tell Blake to drive in Chapter 7?
(a) Squatters Canyon.
(b) Strake Hill.
(c) Regency Mountain.
(d) Butlers Knoll.

4. How old was Blake's wife when she died?
(a) 37.
(b) 32.
(c) 19.
(d) 25.

5. What is Fenton holding in his lap when Blake and the Munton brothers enter in Chapter 10?
(a) A knife.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) Photographs.
(d) A magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the way to Fenton's office in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 8, Blake thinks about a robbery done long ago by Legs, Finney and himself, at the house of an old lady whom they discovered kept what in the upstairs bedroom?

3. What name is on the business card which Blake finds on Sally's floor in Chapter 3?

4. Why did Blake call his wife on the night that Hoppers burned down?

5. What does Blake smash Baz in the face with in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Blake and Sally call one another in their fight in Chapter 3?

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

3. How did Blake's wife end up at the site of the fire at Hoppers, as described in Chapter 5?

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

5. Why are the Muntons pursuing Blake in Chapter 4? What foreshadowing is used in this chapter?

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

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

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

9. What does Blake do to protect Fenton during the robbery in Chapter 10?

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

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