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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. What does Cole give his cat to drink while they are out on his deck?
2. What can Cole tell about Ellis as soon as he meets the man?
3. How does Pike practice shooting a gun?
4. When the first group of police officers and the FBI arrive at the scene of Ishida's murder, to what sealed off room are all of the main people involved sent?
5. What brings Jillian to choose Cole as Bradley's detective?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Cole lean close to Mimi in Chapter Twelve and whisper, "How you doin"?
2. In what ways are the yakuza soldiers very different from the mafia?
3. While waiting for Lou Poitras to call, Cole receives another telephone call. Who calls him and why?
4. How does Cole come to discover where the Hagakure might be if someone wanted to purchase it on the black market?
5. What are Pike's and Cole's thoughts about Bradley Warren's possible involvement in the theft of the Hagakure in Chapter Fourteen?
6. 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?
7. When the elderly member of the Tashiro family stands up in Warren Bradley's office to speak, what does he convey to Cole?
8. By Chapter Four, what is Cole mostly shown doing in his apartment?
9. How does Cole act around Bradley?
10. When Cole calls Lou Poitras for information on the men who followed Cole in Little Tokyo, what makes him so bored after the placing the call?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explore Cole's feelings after he and his partner are fired by Bradley Warren. Describe Cole's feelings as he expresses them to the reader. Determine the reasons for Cole's emotions, going beyond the way someone might feel after being fired from a job. Explore another possible source for his feelings.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the technique the author uses to keep the suspense in the story building. Is his use of characterization just as important as the plot? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the inner workings of the yakuza versus the mafia. Use concrete examples and characters from the book to back up your ideas.
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