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

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

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

4. What does Cole owe Lou Poitras?
(a) His life.
(b) Four dollars.
(c) Lunch.
(d) A book.

5. Who is Terry Ito's employer?
(a) The Asian Task Force.
(b) Ishida.
(c) Lou Poitras.
(d) The Chinatown Detective Agency.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Pike and Cole break into Ishida's home?

2. In what way does Bradley expand Cole's services in Chapter Seven?

3. Who is Richards Sangoise?

4. What brand of beer does Sheila offer Cole in Chapter Five?

5. With what is Bradley's company involved?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yuki Torobuni try to scare off Cole when Cole questions him about Mimi and the Hagakure?

2. Why doesn't Sheila Warren notice that Mimi, her daughter, is missing during the Man of the Month banquet?

3. How is nearly everyone reacting once they come out of the murder scene in Ishida's office?

4. In Chapter Seven, what is meant by comparing Bradley Warren's smiling at the Japanese men in his office to being a J. Jonah Jameson smile?

5. Cole tells Sheila Warren that her daughter saw her kiss Cole, and she might want to speak with her daughter. What is Sheila Warren's response?

6. When the elderly member of the Tashiro family stands up in Warren Bradley's office to speak, what does he convey to Cole?

7. How does Cole explain the difficulties and/or ease of locating the thief who stole the Hagakure to Bradley Warren in Chapter Seven?

8. How does the writer get across to the reader Cole's sense of humor in Chapter Four?

9. Why does Cole believe that the threatening phone calls the Warrens are receiving are harassment calls?

10. How does Cole act around Bradley?

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