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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. As Cole, Jillian, and Carol talk over Mimi's situation in Chapter Twenty-Seven, why does Carol feel a need to set Jillian straight on how Sheila could let Mimi be molested?

2. What information does Eddit Ditko give Cole about Kira Asano?

3. What does Cole discover about Mimi's relationship with her father?

4. What is Bradley's nervous tic that gives away the fact that he is lying about his molestation of Mimi?

5. Why does Pike end up killing Tang?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Eddie Tang's apartment decorated?

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

3. What approach does Cole decide he can use in order to get in touch with Traci Louise Fishman?

4. When Jillian more or less quits her position with Bradley by leaving the house against his command, what does she learn she must do?

5. What does Eddie Tang do to make it obvious that he will do anything to protect Mimi?

6. After Ito tells Cole his take on why Eddie Tang killed Ishida and then Asano, why does Cole tell him his story has some holes in it?

7. What is so shocking about the photograph that Traci Louise Fishman shows to Cole while they sit in her Volkswagen Rabbit?

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

9. What does Bradley Warren think Cole wants when they agree to meet at the Warren home in Chapter Twenty-Eight?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore Mimi Warren's character in relation to Elvis Cole. How does Cole view Mimi's relationship with her parents? How does Mimi react to Cole's comforting words? What is the reader led to believe about Mimi Warren throughout most of the book?

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

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?

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