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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 Cole discover at the medical examiner's office?
(a) Karen Garcia's body is gone.
(b) He has to do the autopsy himself.
(c) Frank Garcia is present.
(d) The autopsy is complete.

2. How long has the Task Force been running?
(a) Almost a year.
(b) Almost two years.
(c) Almost a week.
(d) Almost a month.

3. What does Dolan call Krantz?
(a) Harv.
(b) Pants.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Cop killer.

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

5. What sport does Lucy play?
(a) Golf.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Softball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work is the man on the street looking for?

2. What marks the place where Riley and Eugene reached the water?

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

4. Where does Pike's flashback take place?

5. What was Karen doing the day she went missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Jerry Swetaggen give Cole?

2. Why does Dolan go to Frank Garcia's house in chapter 15?

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

4. Describe the scene when PIke goes to see Eugene Dersh.

5. What does Cole discover in the letters in Karen's room?

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

7. Why does Cole talk to Curtis Wood?

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

9. Who is Samantha Dolan?

10. Why does Lucy Chenier move to Los Angeles?

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