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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. Why is Emily angry that Greg has signed an endorsement deal?
(a) He's endorsing a product she doesn't like.
(b) He's getting less endorsement money than other players.
(c) He didn't tell her about it.
(d) He did it after the divorce, so Emily won't get any money.

2. How long has Greg Downing been missing in Chapter One when Myron is hired to find him?
(a) Five days.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) A year.

3. Which of the following statements does not describe Big Cyndi?
(a) She has purple spiked hair.
(b) She's skinny and has freckles.
(c) She wears purple mascara and red lipstick.
(d) She's six-five and weighs over three hundred pounds.

4. Who offers to take Myron to Carla's apartment?
(a) Hector, the diner's owner.
(b) Burt Wesson.
(c) Norman Lowenstein.
(d) A homeless woman who says she knows Carla.

5. What name is Carla using at her place of employment instead of Carla?
(a) Jane Winston.
(b) Carol Marchland.
(c) Sally Guerro.
(d) Marie Joseph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the Parkview Diner?

2. What conclusion do the items in Carla's apartment lead Myron and Dimonte to come to about her death?

3. At Myron's first basketball game as a Dragon, who starts shouting that he be put into the game?

4. What is Carla's real name?

5. At the beginning of Chapter Fourteen, what does Dimonte ask about the people with whom Greg Downing hangs out?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Dragons coaches feel about Myron being signed to the Dragons?

2. What do Win and Myron discover in Greg Downing's bedroom and what does their discovery imply?

3. Describe the rivalry between Myron and Greg Downing.

4. Explain the significance of the firm for which Maggie Mason works to Greg Downing's disappearance.

5. What behaviors of Greg Downing's described by Clip Arnstein in Chapter One make Downing an unconventional professional basketball player?

6. Describe Myron's relationship with Jessica.

7. What ulterior motives does Audrey have when she gets a ride home from Myron in Chapter Sixteen?

8. What do Win and Myron discover in Greg Downing's basement and what does their discovery imply?

9. Why doesn't the New Jersey Dragons team want word of Greg's disappearance to leak to the press and what story do they use in the media to explain the fact that Greg is missing?

10. What information do Myron and Win uncover about Carla at the Swiss Chalet in Chapter Six?

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