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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. Who is Mimi?

2. When Pike tells Cole that they are the only ones in Mr. Moto's restaurant that look like thugs, whom does Cole say they look like?

3. What is written on a heavy security door that leads to a service drive beneath the New Nippon Hotel?

4. What does Mimi witness between her mother and Cole in Chapter Five?

5. What is Mimi wearing to attend the Pacific Men's Club Man of the Month Banquet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Describe Sheila's personality.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Describe the character of Eddie Tang. Why does he kill Nobu Ishida? How do his motives relate to Torobuni? What does Eddie Tang want most of all and why?

Essay Topic 2

What is foreshadowed in the story by Mimi Warren's extreme shyness and inattention to her outward appearance when she is around her parents? What other signs and/or signals are given throughout the story to indicate the profound problem Mimi has at home?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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