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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 is the woman's nickname?

2. What is the real name of Geoffrey Power?

3. How old is Dryer?

4. Dino and Mary Ann are trying to buy which of the following?

5. What is the man's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of Stone's visit to Samuel Bernard? Who is Bernard? What information does Bernard supply to Stone?

2. Why do Amanda and Hickcock want Stone to stop investigating DIRT?

3. What are Hickcock's instructions? What is the next step for Hickcock?

4. What steps do Hickcock take to ensure his privacy? Who does Hickcock contact for help?

5. What happens during dinner at Stone's house? What causes the group to go to the Shubert Theater?

6. What are Stone's next steps in locating the Bruces?

7. Discuss Dino's conversation with Mr. Elliot. How is Elliot possibly linked to Millman's murder?

8. How does Stone get help after the incident? What are Stone's injuries?

9. What is the next and last issue of DIRT? Who will receive it? What is different about this issue?

10. What do Cantor and Stone learn from the items taken from Dryer's old apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a short story that takes place six, twelve, or eighteen months after the end of the book. What might happen to Hickcock, Tiff, Stone, Arrington, and Dino? Would any of the relationships change? Would the guys still meet at Elaine's? Will Arrington and Stone still be together? Will Dino be investigated for his ties to the Bianchis? Use your imagination and remember to put in a plausible new murder plot.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Enrico Bianchi? What type of character is Bianchi? What is his profession? What role does the play in the story? How is he related to one or more of the characters in the book? How does that relationship affect the characters and/or the story? Who is an old friend to Bianchi? Why do the old friends meet? Is their relationship still strong? What is Bianchi's role in dealing with the Bruce brothers?

Essay Topic 3

Write a short memoir that might have been written by Thomas Bruce aka Jonathan Dryer. What types of things would Bruce be most proud of in his career and personal lives? What other types of professional work might Bruce have done? Would the memoir include details of his relationships with his victims? How might Bruce describe how he felt before, during and after each heist or episode of blackmail?

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