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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state of mind is Sheila in when Cole first meets her?
(a) Drunk.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Agitated.
(d) Exhausted.

2. While Cole is looking through Ishida's credit card statements, where does he note Ishida had gone two or three times a week over the past three months?
(a) Mr. Moto's.
(b) Ma Maison.
(c) Applebee's.
(d) The L.A. Country Club.

3. What type of house does Nobu Ishida own in Cheviot Hills?
(a) An older split-level.
(b) A tudor.
(c) A colonial.
(d) A new raised ranch.

4. With what is Bradley's company involved?
(a) Real estate partnerships with Japanese investors.
(b) Charitable trust foundations in South Africa.
(c) Stock options.
(d) Hotel ventures in India.

5. How late is Jillian when she meets Cole at Musso's?
(a) Fifteen minutes.
(b) Half an hour.
(c) One minute.
(d) Eleven minutes.

6. Where does Cole go in order to meet up with Pike in Chapter Eight?
(a) McDonald's.
(b) Century City Towers.
(c) Barton's Pistol Range.
(d) A movie theater.

7. One of the men Cole meets in Ishida's place has a body part missing. What is it?
(a) A pinkie toe.
(b) An ear lobe.
(c) An eye.
(d) A pinkie finger.

8. What does it say in Bushido about being a warrior?
(a) The way of the warrior is death.
(b) There is no translation of that.
(c) The warrior is the owner of the book.
(d) The warrior must pray for peace one day.

9. Who is the Butterfly Lady?
(a) The waitress at Bob's Big Boy.
(b) Eddie Tang's girlfriend.
(c) A friend of Mimi's.
(d) One the bartenders at Mr. Moto's.

10. What brings Jillian to choose Cole as Bradley's detective?
(a) She has seen his photo and likes his appearance.
(b) No one else was available at the time.
(c) She knows Cole and Bradley will get along well.
(d) Attorneys in the prosecutor's office recommend him.

11. What is Sheila's excuse to Cole for not depending upon Hatcher in Chapter Five?
(a) He has poor eyesight.
(b) He is always drunk.
(c) He is too lazy to help.
(d) He could have been clubbed.

12. Who does Ishida tell Cole a private detective should look like in Chapter Four?
(a) Sam Spade.
(b) Mickey Spillane.
(c) Sherlock Holmes.
(d) Ellery Queen.

13. What does Cole say upon Pike's showing him the room he discovers in the Ishida house?
(a) "Swordfight, anyone?"
(b) "It looks like the set of Star Wars!"
(c) "Ah, the scene of the crime."
(d) "Welcome to Nippon."

14. How does Pike practice shooting a gun?
(a) Very carefully.
(b) He never practices.
(c) With one eye shut.
(d) With his eyes closed.

15. Who is following Cole when he leaves the yakatori grill?
(a) No one.
(b) Jillian.
(c) Two policemen.
(d) Ishida's men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cole find Sheila at the end of his inspection of her home's security?

2. Who, according to Cole, would have been proud of the way Sheila looks when she enters the Man of the Month banquet with her husband?

3. When Pike tells Cole that they are the only ones in Mr. Moto's restaurant that look like thugs, whom does Cole say they look like?

4. What does Cole smell coming from the office on the catwalk?

5. Who is the head of security at the New Nippon Hotel?

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