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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 information does Eddit Ditko give Cole about Kira Asano?

2. When Cole meets Kira Asano, the man says something to Cole that Cole states he has never heard anyone say in real life. What does Asano say to Cole?

3. Which company employs Eddie Ditko?

4. During their conversation in a Volkswagen Rabbit, what does Traci Louise Fishman tell Cole she wants him to do?

5. What is at the bottom of the fruit trees on Kira Asana's property?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the clear indications that Mimi Warren is confused and living on the false hope that her life will improve by being with Eddie Tang?

2. While Cole and Pike discuss the little bit of light left before they can pounce on the lake house and save Mimi, what are Cole's reasons for not calling the cops?

3. How does Kira Asano explain his innocence involving Mimi's running away from home?

4. How does Joe Pike try to ease Cole's guilt over losing Mimi for the second time?

5. What makes Cole decide that telling the cops about Mimi's location would not be the best idea?

6. In what ways is Kira Asano's residence depicted as being a home that is no longer grand?

7. When Cole tells Bradley to tell Sheila about Mimi in Chapter Twenty-Eight, what is Sheila's reaction, before Bradley or Cole say another word?

8. What is insinuated in Chapter Thirty when Detective Griggs and Lou Poitras wonder why Mimi killed her father and Griggs says, "Maybe she just had to"?

9. While speaking with Traci Louise Fishman in her Volkswagen Rabbit, what does Cole learn about Mimi Warren that makes Traci sob and gag?

10. Why does Cole begin to wonder who is really running the Asano organization?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character description of Sheila Warren. Describe her physical traits, her character traits, and her everyday habits. Explore her psyche as it is presented to the reader.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Joe Pike's character. In what ways does he compare to Elvis Cole? How is he different from Cole? How is he similar? Relate the importance of his character to the story.

Essay Topic 3

Joe Pike, the character, does not smile and rarely talks. In what ways does the author show Joe Pike as a dependable, close friend of Cole's?

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