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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. What does Alex want as a snack in Director Burns' office?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A Mars bar.
(c) Two bagels and a hot chocolate.
(d) Hot coffee and a Danish.

2. Jamilla tells Alex about a case she is working on where an Irish tourist gets killed in the _____ in San Francisco.
(a) Sunset District.
(b) Mission Disctict.
(c) Tenderloin.
(d) Castro.

3. The place that Alex searches for information in local and national newspapers is called _____.
(a) Lexis-Nexis.
(b) AFIS.
(c) CODIS.
(d) Project MINARET.

4. What does Billie make for her and John to drink?
(a) Sweetened iced tea.
(b) Mint juleps.
(c) Squirt and cranberry juice.
(d) Raspberry lemonade.

5. What does Starkey call the madness of war?
(a) Combat fatigue.
(b) Necessary evil.
(c) Blood lust.
(d) Adrenaline junk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alex tells Nana that Jamilla is a _____ at heart when he comes home from Arizona.

2. John tells Billie that everything points back to _____ in regards to the recent murders.

3. In written form, the army careers of the Three Blind Mice are _____.

4. Alex finds a fax from Foot Soldier of a news story in the _____.

5. What is the name of the translator who helps Alex with the Vietnamese record on the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Director Burns explain the guerilla nature of the Vietnam War to Alex?

2. What happens when Harris says "nobody gets hurt" when he threatens the people who work at Asia House with a gun? Do the Three Blind Mice do this kind of thing throughout the book?

3. What was life like for Tran Van Luu as a child in Vietnam?

4. According to Alex, how should ribs be cooked and who taught him that?

5. What is the one mistake Nana says she made in her life?

6. Why does Starkey love West Point?

7. Why is Foot Soldier disappointed with Alex's progress and how does he make this known to Alex?

8. How does John display his combat experience in the Georgia woods?

9. Why is it a surprise to Alex and John that Marc Sherman shows up at the cabin the Three Blind Mice share in the woods and what happens to him?

10. What does Alex find out about the MP5 when he talks to a supervisor from Heckler & Koch at the sports bar?

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