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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. Who takes credit for the evidence discovered on the second day of investigation?
(a) Harvey Krantz.
(b) John Chen.
(c) Joe Pike.
(d) Elvis Cole.

2. Who follows Pike to the family day picnic?
(a) CIA.
(b) FBI.
(c) Internal Affairs.
(d) Private investigators.

3. What does Lucy offer the visitor in Chapter 18?
(a) To serve as legal counsel.
(b) To stay for dinner.
(c) To help free Dersh.
(d) Another drink.

4. What does Cole confront Dolan about in her car?
(a) Her listening to Krantz.
(b) The false reports.
(c) His visit with Eugene Dersh.
(d) Her lack of trust.

5. To what does Dolan compare Cole?
(a) A killer.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A fly.
(d) A roach.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the lawyer connected to Karen?

2. Who do Cole, Pike, and Dolan go see in Chapter 15?

3. How many children does Cole tell the Vietnamese woman he has?

4. What branch of the military was Pike in?

5. Where was Krantz's previous job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Pike and Karen meet?

2. How does Karen find out that Pike is in love with another woman?

3. What are Cole and Pike looking for at Karen's apartment?

4. What does Cole see on the television when he returns home from Karen's funeral?

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

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

7. Why does Cole go back to Lake Hollywood?

8. Why is Cole angry when he arrives at the coroner's office?

9. Why do Cole and Pike drive to Lake Hollywood?

10. How do Cole and Pike get access to Karen's crime scene?

(see the answer keys)

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