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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. How was Karen killed?
(a) Gunshot.
(b) Suffocated.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Drowned.

2. What does Jerry say the medical examiner thinks was in Karen's wound?
(a) Ink.
(b) Water.
(c) A bullet.
(d) Bleach.

3. What does Cole go to get from Krantz in Chapter 11?
(a) Frank's money.
(b) The criminalist's report.
(c) The Special Files report.
(d) Karen's will.

4. Why does Joe call Elvis?
(a) Elvis owes him money.
(b) A girl is missing.
(c) He needs advice.
(d) He wants help moving.

5. What do the police deny Cole?
(a) The criminalist's report.
(b) The murder book.
(c) The witness interviews.
(d) The suspect list.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Krantz's previous job?

2. How did Cole navigate when he was in the Army?

3. What rank was Pike in all of his classes?

4. Who comes to Cole's house unexpectedly?

5. Who gets in Frank Garcia's face at Karen's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Joe Pike come to Cole's house in Chapter 1?

2. Why does Cole go to see Eugene Dersh after the autopsy?

3. Who is Samantha Dolan?

4. What happens to Edward Deege in Chapter 6?

5. Why will the police at Parker Center not work with Joe?

6. Why does Cole go back to Lake Hollywood?

7. Why does Frank Garcia fire Pike and Cole?

8. Who is Eugene Dersh and what is his role in the novel?

9. What strange thing does Cole discover about the criminalist's report?

10. Describe the scene when the police barge in on Pike and Cole in Karen's apartment.

(see the answer keys)

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