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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 does Mimi Warren do when Cole finally discovers her in a locked bedroom in the lake house?

2. In Chapter Twenty-Two, whom does Cole jokingly mention as rarely observing the social graces?

3. What does Mimi do to herself as she talks to Cole at Kira Asano's estate?

4. Why does Pike end up killing Tang?

5. What does Mimi tell Eddie Tang when he visits Mimi the night before the shootings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Eddie Ditko convey to Cole about Kira Asano that helps Cole with his case?

2. What does Cole deduce about Eddie Tang's reasons for killing Ishida?

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

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

5. 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?

6. How is Eddie Tang's apartment decorated?

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

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

9. 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?

10. Where does Eddie Tang's limousine lead Pike and Cole as they follow him from LAX airport?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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