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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 learn about Mimi in Chapter Twenty-One that gives Cole a cold feeling?

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

3. Pike has a plan for how he and Cole can sneak up on the lake house where Mimi is being held. What joke does Pike make when telling Cole the plan?

4. When a blond detective annoyingly questions Cole about Mimi's killing of her father, what does he ask Cole?

5. Who is Traci Louise Fishman?

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

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

4. What does Cole discover when he takes a look at Traci Louis Fishman's photo in the school yearbook?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Write a detailed review of the yakuza warrior code. How does Eddie Tang live and die by this code? How does Joe Pike mirror the same code?

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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