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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 Cole order Bradley to do when he keeps insisting that he does not know what Cole is talking about?

2. When Cole knocks out a guard in the Torobuni lake house, it is insinuated that Pike ______________.

3. What recurring dream does Cole have as he and Pike wait for Eddie Tang to come home?

4. Why does Pike end up killing Tang?

5. Where is Mimi being held on the Torobuni property by the lake?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Cole insists to Asano and Frank that the Hagakure must be returned to its owners, what is inferred as to Asano's thoughts of his life?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. How does Cole come to the realization that Mimi Warren has not been kidnapped?

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

6. 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?

7. 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"?

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

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

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

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

Explore Cole's feelings after he and his partner are fired by Bradley Warren. Describe Cole's feelings as he expresses them to the reader. Determine the reasons for Cole's emotions, going beyond the way someone might feel after being fired from a job. Explore another possible source for his feelings.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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