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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 brings Frank Garcia to the hospital?

2. Why does Pike escape prison?

3. What does Cole want Dolan to help him get in Chapter 25?

4. Who was the Internal Affairs officer on Wozniak's case?

5. What do drivers see when they get close to Palm Springs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Evelyn Wozniak call Cole?

2. Who is Trudy?

3. How does Laurence Sobek die?

4. What happens to Dolan at Laurence Sobek's house?

5. Why does Pike confront Wozniak during a Sunday afternoon barbecue?

6. Why does Cole call John Chen?

7. What do Dolan and Cole discover when they go to the storage facility?

8. Why does Pike go to Paulette's house?

9. Where does Cole think Sobek is going when the police barge into Sobek's house trying to arrest him?

10. How does Cole figure the killer is connected to Pike?

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

Cole and Pike are private investigators working for Frank Garcia to keep an eye on the police's investigation of Garcia's daughter's death. The two groups approach the case very differently. Describe how each group approaches the case. What are their main goals? What methods do they use to obtain information? Which group is more successful in breaking and solving the case? Why? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

Essay Topic 3

L.A. Requiem has several violent incidents against women--intentional and unintentional. Identify and explore these acts of violence against women. How are the events portrayed? What prompted the violence? How does each act further explain the plot and the characters involved? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

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