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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 is Sheila's excuse to Cole for not depending upon Hatcher in Chapter Five?

2. What book is in Mimi's bedroom, looking as though she has read it many times?

3. What is Pike's former profession before joining Cole in a partnership?

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

5. How late is Jillian when she meets Cole at Musso's?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. When Cole tells Sheila Warren that Joe Pike will be taking over his duties in looking after her and her house, how does the woman react?

5. Why is Bradley desperate to get back the Hagakure in a week's time?

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

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

8. What do Pike and Cole finally discover in the Ishida home that provides them with the clue they need to pursue the case?

9. How does the writer get across to the reader Cole's sense of humor in Chapter Four?

10. Why does Cole make a serious effort to convince Bradley Warren to call the police in Chapter Eleven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Explain why the questions, "Mimi?" or "Mimi Warren?" continue to be repeated throughout the book, garnering a mention each time by Cole. What is it about Mimi Warren that makes everyone surprised to learn certain things about her? What are people's outward observations of Mimi? How does the way she lives not jive with things people learn about her?

Essay Topic 3

Explain in detail why Cole feels so protective towards Mimi Warren. Include scenes with Mimi's parents that he has observed to back up your statements.

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