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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would Doc want Pat paroled?
(a) So that the police can keep tabs on Pat.
(b) So that Pat cannot leave the area.
(c) For political reasons.
(d) Doc likes to help those in need.

2. What happened to Lila's real husband?
(a) He ran off with his secretary.
(b) He drank himself to death.
(c) He died in a ten-car accident.
(d) Lila gave him too much medicine and he died.

3. Where does Pat run into the policeman at Eggleston's office building?
(a) In the parking lot.
(b) Eggleston's office.
(c) In the men's room.
(d) The lobby.

4. Pat wonders if whom killed Eggleston?
(a) Lila.
(b) Doc.
(c) Senator Burkman.
(d) Madeline.

5. How long does Eggleston think about Pat's answers?
(a) An eternity.
(b) Several minutes.
(c) Almost an hour.
(d) A few seconds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pat offered in exchange for information on Doc?

2. What does Eggleston want in exchange for Pat's information?

3. How does Pat describe Bill Hardesty's scheme?

4. What rumor is supposedly being spread about Pat?

5. How does Pat get into Eggleston's office?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why should Henry be troubled?

2. Why does Pat stop attacking Bill Hardesty?

3. What is Madeline's and Bill's scheme?

4. Why is Pat dismayed upon entering Eggleston's office?

5. What is Doc's plan for Pat?

6. According to Eggleston, why was Pat paroled and not pardoned?

7. Why isn't Madeline arrested in Chapter 29?

8. Why does Pat wonder if Lila killed Eggleston?

9. What does Pat realize about Doc in Chapter 17?

10. Why does Pat decline Rita Kennedy's offer of future job security?

(see the answer keys)

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