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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 Blake order at the Paul Pry in Chapter 4?

2. Where did Blake's wife die?

3. What does Blake call Sally, meaning a loose woman in Chapter 3?

4. Who does Blake encounter when he is driving his car to get Baz's body in Chapter 5?

5. What does Blake discover when he goes to his basement in the end of Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads up to Blake's injuring Leggsy in the bar in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

5. What does Lee Munton solicit Blake's help for in Chapter 6? How does he coerce Blake?

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

7. How does the robbery begin in Chapter 10?

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

9. How does Blake feel about the threat of the Muntons in Chapter 3?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the colloquial dialect of the narrative. How easy is it to understand the idioms and slang used by the characters? What tone does the language lend to the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the narrative style of the book. In what person and tense is the story told? How does the narrative transition in the first chapter?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the romantic life of Blake in the narrative and discuss how the protagonist's love life reflects his professional life. How does Blake feel about Rachel and Mandy? What objectives does he have in pursuing each?

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