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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Blaze can tell that Miles is nervous about a night with her and is compensating by doing what?
(a) Drinking heavily and feeling up Blaze’s thigh.
(b) Telling all the other sailors he is going to get with Blaze.
(c) Being extra sweet.
(d) Whispering sweet nothings in her ear.

2. What are two opposing views that come into Simon’s mind, when he thinks about Blaze and their plans to destroy the Kiwi boat?
(a) He first thinks that Blaze is Mr. Moneybags, and then thinks she is sweet and naïve and being conned by the man paying for this operation.
(b) He first thinks Blaze is sweet and naïve and being conned by the man paying for this operation, and then thinks she is pulling one over on him.
(c) He first thinks Blaze is pulling one over on him, then he thinks she is sweet and naïve and being conned by the man paying for this operation.
(d) He first thinks Blaze is pulling one over on him, then he thinks she is Mr. Moneybags.

3. What is the reason Letch gives Westbrook for why OJ used a knife rather than a gun?
(a) A knife is the most phallic of killing tool.
(b) A knife is harder to trace to its owner.
(c) A knife is a much cheaper weapon to obtain and to carry.
(d) A knife wound is more painful than a bullet wound.

4. What is NOT a reason given for why Ambrose sees the Cup as practically a living thing?
(a) It is the reason for the successes in his life.
(b) He cares for the Cup more than he cares for any human.
(c) He can feel its heartbeat.
(d) It has given him a life like he has never had before.

5. Chapter 9 takes place on what day?
(a) Passover.
(b) Mardi Gras.
(c) Good Friday.
(d) Easter Sunday.

6. When Ambrose arrives at Blaze’s home and sees the police tape, what does he assume?
(a) Blaze’s friend had also been murdered.
(b) The cops are out looking for him.
(c) Someone else was murdered at Blaze’s apartment complex.
(d) The cops have already found Blaze and where she lived.

7. In Chapter 7, when does Blaze want to meet Miles for dinner and drinks?
(a) The following Tuesday.
(b) Later that evening.
(c) The following Wednesday.
(d) Never.

8. When Blaze calls Anne’s office number, where does she say she is going?
(a) L.A.
(b) Reno.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) San Fransisco.

9. Why does Ambrose begin to sob when he sees that Blaze’s name was Mary Ellen Singleton?
(a) His mother’s name was Mary Ellen.
(b) His sister’s name was Mary Ellen.
(c) He believed her when she said her name was Blaze Duvall.
(d) She had such a nice name.

10. What had happened to Blaze right before she met Dawn?
(a) She had lost her job.
(b) She had been assaulted.
(c) She had left a bad marriage.
(d) Her husband had died.

11. For how much money does Blaze ask Ambrose for the one real and four fictitious tapes?
(a) $1,000 each.
(b) $20,000 total.
(c) $15,000 total.
(d) $5,000 each.

12. In Chapter 11, what does Ambrose wish for in regard to the regatta races?
(a) Ambrose wishes for the regatta to be for Americans only.
(b) Ambrose wishes for a return of the days when regatta races were authentic and well-honored traditions.
(c) Ambrose wishes for the regatta race to be run more fairly.
(d) Ambrose wishes that Americans would drop out of the regatta races and leave them to those who care about the sport.

13. What happens that ends Dawn’s evening on the street?
(a) She is too tired.
(b) She knows she needs to get to Blaze's home.
(c) She accidentally trips and rolls her ankle.
(d) She runs out of men.

14. What does Blaze plan to do if Ambrose gives her a hard time about money for the tapes?
(a) She will shoot him with her revolver.
(b) She will fight him for it.
(c) She will give up and destroy the tape.
(d) She will beg and plead.

15. When Ambrose returns home, he is afraid to open the trunk of his car and see whose eyes?
(a) His sister’s.
(b) Simon’s.
(c) Blaze’s.
(d) His mother’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Blaze surprised that Miles does not drink Steinlager?

2. What does Anne tell Boggs was found on Dawn Coyote’s body?

3. In Chapter 8, to what does Blaze compare the Dawn Coyotes of this world?

4. What does Fortney want to find out before he leaves the bar?

5. What is the name Leeds gives to Simon Cooke?

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