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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 clothing style does Jillian reflect when Cole first meets her?

2. What does it say in Bushido about being a warrior?

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

4. What unusual gear does Pike wear when at shooting practice?

5. When Jillian asks Cole why he is still going to look for Mimi, what is Cole's answer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sheila's personality.

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. How does Cole get the information he needs from the young, male bartender?

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

9. How does Cole come to discover where the Hagakure might be if someone wanted to purchase it on the black market?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Review Jillian Becker's persona. What is she looking for in life? How does she finally discover what this is? Who is there to help her and how?

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

In Chapter Twenty-One, Mimi Warren's friend, Traci Louise Fishman, talks to Cole about Mimi's self-inflicted wounds and new friends, including a boyfriend who is very dangerous. Discuss the two different Mimis the reader is introduced to in this chapter. How do they differ? Do Mimi's two personalities in any way overlap?

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