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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 information does Eddit Ditko give Cole about Kira Asano?
(a) He was recently arrested.
(b) He was the founder of the Gray Army.
(c) He paints still life pictures.
(d) He made the cover of Newsweek.

2. As Cole, Jillian, and Carol talk over Mimi's situation in Chapter Twenty-Seven, why does Carol feel a need to set Jillian straight on how Sheila could let Mimi be molested?
(a) Jillian cannot believe that Sheila would keep such a thing quiet.
(b) Carol loves to hear herself talk about social issues.
(c) Carol cannot believe how silly Jillian sounds.
(d) Cole asks Carol to set Jillian straight.

3. What recurring dream does Cole have as he and Pike wait for Eddie Tang to come home?
(a) He murders Eddie Tang.
(b) He prevents Mimi from killing Bradley.
(c) He is a child again.
(d) He is out to dinner with Mimi.

4. What does Cole do for Traci Louise Fishman before he leaves her car and drives off in his Corvette?
(a) He kisses her.
(b) He promises her a bright future.
(c) He gives her ten dollars.
(d) He hugs her warmly.

5. Whom does Cole call in Chapter Thirty-One to tell that he had found Mimi and then lost her?
(a) Jillian Becker.
(b) Joe Pike.
(c) Lou Poitras.
(d) Carol Hillegas.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cole meets Kira Asano, the man says something to Cole that Cole states he has never heard anyone say in real life. What does Asano say to Cole?

2. What does Cole tell Lou Poitras about Mimi's boyfriend?

3. What is Bradley's nervous tic that gives away the fact that he is lying about his molestation of Mimi?

4. Where does Cole want to meet with Bradley and Sheila to discuss the situation with them?

5. When Pike and Cole reach Torobuni's house in Brentwood, how does she answer their many questions concerning Torobuni's whereabouts?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Eddie Tang's limousine lead Pike and Cole as they follow him from LAX airport?

2. What information does Eddie Ditko convey to Cole about Kira Asano that helps Cole with his case?

3. When Cole insists to Asano and Frank that the Hagakure must be returned to its owners, what is inferred as to Asano's thoughts of his life?

4. After Ito tells Cole his take on why Eddie Tang killed Ishida and then Asano, why does Cole tell him his story has some holes in it?

5. How does Kira Asano explain his innocence involving Mimi's running away from home?

6. In what ways is Kira Asano's residence depicted as being a home that is no longer grand?

7. While Cole and Pike discuss the little bit of light left before they can pounce on the lake house and save Mimi, what are Cole's reasons for not calling the cops?

8. What does Cole deduce about Eddie Tang's reasons for killing Ishida?

9. What is insinuated in Chapter Thirty when Detective Griggs and Lou Poitras wonder why Mimi killed her father and Griggs says, "Maybe she just had to"?

10. Why does Cole begin to wonder who is really running the Asano organization?

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