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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Karen killed?

2. What does Dolan call Krantz?

3. What does Cole go to get from Krantz in Chapter 11?

4. What does the killer inject into his body?

5. What does Aimes do to Pike?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Cole learn at Riley Ward's office?

4. Who is John Chen?

5. Why does Frank Garcia fire Pike and Cole?

6. Why does Cole go back to Lake Hollywood?

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

8. Why is Frank Garcia blaming the police for Karen's death?

9. Why does the police department want to keep quiet about a possible serial killer in town?

10. Why does Lucy Chenier move to Los Angeles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The reader does not learn a great deal about Pike's emotions and personal relationships with women. In the story, Pike has intimate relationships with two women--Paulette Wozniak and Karen Garcia. Describe these two relationships. How are they similar? How are they different? How do these relationships show another side of Pike the reader has not seen previously? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

Essay Topic 2

Elvis Cole has two important relationships in the story--one with his friend and partner Joe Pike and another with his girlfriend Lucy Chenier. At times, the reader feels that Pike and Chenier are fighting for Cole's attention. Compare and contrast Pike's and Chenier's relationships with Cole. How does Cole balance between the two people? Why does he choose one over the other? How does the character who is pushed aside react? What do Cole's actions and his relationships with these two characters say about his personality? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

Essay Topic 3

A majority of the book takes place in Los Angeles. How does the author use the setting to develop the plot? How is the setting connected to events in the novel? How does the setting impact the characters' development? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

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