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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jillian reports that the Warrens have received another call in Chapter Eleven, what do the thieves threaten?
(a) To destroy the Hagakure.
(b) To kidnap Sheila Warren.
(c) To hurt Mimi.
(d) To murder Bradley Warren.

2. As Cole drives to Santa Monica towards his office in Chapter Fourteen, what does he anticipate people might be saying as he pulls up beside them at traffic lights?
(a) What a great car he drives.
(b) He is getting old-looking.
(c) Nasty things about him.
(d) How handsome he looks.

3. What does Ishida do with Cole's business card in Chapter Four?
(a) He places it in his Rolodex.
(b) He gives it to Eddie to hold.
(c) He draws a picture on it.
(d) He crumples it up and throws it away.

4. How does Sheila refer to her husband when she and Cole discuss the safe?
(a) "Mr. President."
(b) "Rich boy."
(c) "Big shot."
(d) "My darling."

5. What does Cole tell Pike they have to find in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) The yakuza.
(b) A dead man's pinkie finger.
(c) The Pacific Men's Club President.
(d) The way to Santa Monica.

6. What has Cole never told the owner of the Vietnamese restaurant he frequents in Westwood?
(a) He usually dislikes the food.
(b) He treats the restaurant as his second home.
(c) He spent eleven months in Vietnam.
(d) He loves the food.

7. Who is Mimi?
(a) The Warrens' security guard.
(b) Cole's sister.
(c) The Warrens' daughter.
(d) The Warrens' dog.

8. Who does Sheila think Cole looks like?
(a) Joe Theismann.
(b) Wyatt Earp.
(c) John Cassavetes.
(d) Joe Isuzu.

9. What is the yakuza?
(a) Japanese Mafia.
(b) A weapon.
(c) A coveted award.
(d) A Japanese car.

10. Where does Cole find Sheila at the end of his inspection of her home's security?
(a) Outside, talking to Hatcher.
(b) In the den, drinking.
(c) On her bedroom floor.
(d) Blocking the front door.

11. When the first group of police officers and the FBI arrive at the scene of Ishida's murder, to what sealed off room are all of the main people involved sent?
(a) The office.
(b) The ladies' restroom.
(c) The Green Room
(d) The Blue Room.

12. When one of the cops in Chapter Thirteen asks Bradley to stay for a few questions regarding Mimi's disappearance, what is Bradley hoping?
(a) He is not a suspect.
(b) It will not take too long.
(c) Cole will be a suspect.
(d) Mimi will be found right away.

13. What is the first thing Bradley asks Cole when he enters the man's office in Chapter Seven?
(a) How he is feeling.
(b) About the threat to his wife.
(c) How much he owes Cole.
(d) If he has found the Hagakure yet.

14. What does Mimi ask one of the busboys at the Man of the Month banquet?
(a) For a glass of wine.
(b) How much to tip the waiter.
(c) Whether she is appropriately dressed.
(d) Where the bathroom is.

15. Whom does Bradley fire in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Becker, Cole, and Pike.
(b) Only Jack Ellis.
(c) Cole and Becker.
(d) Ellis, Cole, and Pike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book is in Mimi's bedroom, looking as though she has read it many times?

2. What word would most aptly describe the inside of Nobu Ishida's business?

3. What does the manager of Mr. Moto's ask Pike and Cole to do after the female bartender has spoken to him?

4. Where does Cole get his lunch in Chapter Nine?

5. Who is Michael Denning?

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