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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 Ice?

2. What arrangement does Lucas make with the FBI in regard to Dunn?

3. Why does Mail watch the things that he sets up?

4. What gives Mail time to slip into a coal chute?

5. From where is Mail watching as his trap is set off?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan does Lucas come up with to figure out who the informant is?

2. Why is Lucas called to the police station in the middle of the night?

3. What information does Helen share about her involvement in the kidnapping?

4. Who is Gloria Crosby and what does Lucas learn from her and about her?

5. What secret did Crosby know about Mail and hold over his head?

6. What information does Lucas learn from the man Sloan shot?

7. How does Lucas keep from being fired?

8. What does Mail do when he realizes that he can't escape in his van?

9. What does Lucas see while he is in the shop and what does it turn out to be?

10. What information does Lucas learn when he looks over the death report on John Mail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, it appears that the character of Mail is very intelligent. Provide at least five examples demonstrating this intelligence. In what way do you think his intelligence impeded him?

Essay Topic 2

What part does the anonymous party who helps Mail play in the novel? Do you think this person should have been revealed sooner? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What motives appeared throughout the novel? How and why were false motives included throughout the novel? Was the author's technique successful in this area? Why or why not?

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