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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 is Evelyn Wozniak?
2. Who does Cole find a photo of at Sobek's house when the police barge in?
3. What kills Dolan?
4. in Chapter 23, who is accused of Dersh's murder?
5. Who does Pike meet while he is out late at night?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Cole want from Dolan in Chapter 25?
2. What do Dolan and Cole discover when they go to the storage facility?
3. Who is Trudy?
4. Why is Lucy upset with Cole?
5. Why do the police show up at Cole's house?
6. What happens to Dolan at Laurence Sobek's house?
7. How does Laurence Sobek die?
8. Why does Cole go to see Mike McConnell?
9. What does Cole's lawyer recommend he do?
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
Joe Pike works with two partners in the story. First, he works with the older cop, Abel Wozniak. Later, Pike teams up with Elvis Cole to create a private investigator agency. How are these two partnerships similar? How are they different? What does the reader learn about the characters through these partnerships? How does each partnership contribute to the plot's development? Use specific examples from the text in the response.
Essay Topic 2
L.A. Requiem is told from a first person point of view, using Elvis Cole as the narrator. How does having Cole as the sole narrator help or hinder the plot's development? What information can Cole provide the reader that other characters would not be able to provide? What information is hidden from the reader because Cole is the sole narrator? Use specific examples from the text in the response.
Essay Topic 3
The theme of revenge plays an important role in the story. What characters are out for revenge and why? How does each character's notion of revenge differ? How does the character's desire for revenge shape that character's personality? How does revenge influence the plot? Use specific examples from the story in your response.
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