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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. Why is Lucy mad at Cole in Chapter 31?
2. What does Pike do when he cannot sleep?
3. Who does Cole call after they leave Sobek's mother's house?
4. Who shows up at Cole's door after Pike leaves?
5. Who calls Cole after he leaves Lucy's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Cole want from Dolan in Chapter 25?
2. Why is Lucy upset with Cole?
3. How does Cole react to his surprise visitor when he returns home in Chapter 30?
4. Why does Pike go to Paulette's house?
5. What does Cole's lawyer recommend he do?
6. Why do the police show up at Cole's house?
7. Where does Cole think Sobek is going when the police barge into Sobek's house trying to arrest him?
8. Why does Pike confront Wozniak during a Sunday afternoon barbecue?
9. How does Laurence Sobek die?
10. Why does Cole call John Chen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Curtis Wood/Laurence Sobek spends much of his time trying to look and act like Joe Pike in order to frame him for multiple murders. Compare and contrast Pike and Sobek/Wood. How are they similar? How are they different? What must Sobek/Wood change about himself to make him more like Pike? Why was he or why was not he successful at his impersonation? Use specific examples from the text in the response.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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