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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. What is Mimi wearing to attend the Pacific Men's Club Man of the Month Banquet?
(a) Jeans and a tee shirt.
(b) A tight, red dress.
(c) A pantsuit.
(d) A shapeless brown silk dress.

2. Where does Cole go once inside Nobu Ishida's place of business?
(a) Into the freight room.
(b) To the library.
(c) To the basement.
(d) Up to the roof.

3. What does Cole give his cat to drink while they are out on his deck?
(a) Orange juice.
(b) Beer.
(c) Water.
(d) Milk.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Sun Tree Gallery located?

2. Who is Michael Denning?

3. How does Lou Poitras react after viewing the murder seen in Ishida's office?

4. What is the yakuza?

5. What is it that Cole cannot stop smelling in Chapter Ten?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Pike's and Cole's thoughts about Bradley Warren's possible involvement in the theft of the Hagakure in Chapter Fourteen?

3. How does Cole describe to the reader what he smells in the little office on the catwalk in Nobu Ishida's business?

4. What makes Jillian Becker so sure that Bradley Warren is not involved with organized crime?

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. In what ways are the yakuza soldiers very different from the mafia?

7. What is Joe Pike's reputation at Barton's Pistol Range?

8. What is Cole thinking about as he drinks his beer on the deck of his home with his cat?

9. In Chapter Six, Sheila explains the phone call threat she has received. How does she explain it to Cole?

10. Why does Cole make a serious effort to convince Bradley Warren to call the police in Chapter Eleven?

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