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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the caller in Chapter Eleven tell Mimi the Hagaku belongs?

2. What type of business is above the yakituri grill?

3. Who is Mimi?

4. When Cole and Pike go to a Bob's Big to freshen up in the men's room, why does an older man leave the restroom shortly after they arrive?

5. What does Malcolm Denning have on his desk?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is FBI agent Reese's attitude towards Bradley Warren?

3. Describe Sheila's personality.

4. Why are private investigators Pike and Cole at first disappointed at what they find inside the Ishida home when they break into it?

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

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

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

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

9. By Chapter Four, what is Cole mostly shown doing in his apartment?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Cole's reasons for wanting to find Mimi and get her the help she needs. Why is he desperate to save her even though he is no longer being paid to do so? What is in Cole's past to make him want to help her?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the advantages and disadvantages of Elvis Cole's use of humor in his line of work. Describe instances when it works in his favor and instances when it does not. Explain why it does or does not work for Cole.

Essay Topic 3

Joe Pike hints at Elvis Cole's intense need to find Mimi and get her the help she requires. Elaborate upon Pike's explanation and why Pike stands by his friend to help him.

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