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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. Who shows up at Cole's door after Pike leaves?
2. in Chapter 23, who is accused of Dersh's murder?
3. What file is missing from the records department?
4. What happened to Cole's visitor in Chapter 31?
5. How did Abel Wozniak die?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dolan want "a piece" of in Chapter 34, and why?
2. What do Dolan and Cole discover when they go to the storage facility?
3. What happens to Dolan at Laurence Sobek's house?
4. How does Laurence Sobek die?
5. What does Cole want from Dolan in Chapter 25?
6. Why does Pike confront Wozniak during a Sunday afternoon barbecue?
7. Why do the police show up at Cole's house?
8. Where does Cole think Sobek is going when the police barge into Sobek's house trying to arrest him?
9. How does Cole figure the killer is connected to Pike?
10. How does Cole react to his surprise visitor when he returns home in Chapter 30?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
L.A. Requiem is classified as a crime thriller. The book has also been described as a mystery novel and a serial-killer novel. Which of these classifications is the most appropriate for the story? Why? What other descriptions could be appropriate for the book? Use specific examples from the story to explain and justify the response.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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