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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 is Bill Hardesty upset with Doc?
(a) Doc made a decision without Bill.
(b) Doc slept with Madeline.
(c) Doc stole Bill's money.
(d) Doc blamed Bill for exposing Arnholt.

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

3. In what manner does Pat inform Doc of Hardesty's scheme?
(a) Dramatically.
(b) Sarcastically.
(c) Timidly.
(d) Proudly.

4. What is Pat offered in exchange for information on Doc?
(a) Job security.
(b) A full pardon.
(c) Protection.
(d) A raise.

5. What does Lila sell in Chapter 30?
(a) Her life story.
(b) Knives.
(c) Her body.
(d) Women's cosmetics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is contacted by the media at the end of the book?

2. What does Pat see on Eggleston's desk?

3. After the incident with Eggleston's body, where does Pat go?

4. What is the first newspaper article about that Pat reads in Chapter 24?

5. Who arranged Doc's life insurance policies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the loss of Pat's job mean for Doc?

2. Does Doc have a happy ending?

3. What does Bill Hardesty inadvertently acknowledge in Chapter 22?

4. Why does Pat decide to smuggle the body out of the building?

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

6. What would Senator Burkman's loss in the election mean?

7. Why is Pat stunned in Chapter 23?

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

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

10. Why is Pat relieved after reading the newspaper article about Eggleston's death?

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