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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lang notice about the way that the men talk in Chapter 7?
(a) They are trying to cover up their accents.
(b) English isn't their first language.
(c) They are American.
(d) They are government officials.

2. What does the doctor tell Lang about his injury?
(a) It only a flesh wound and Lang passed out from panic.
(b) The bullet narrowly missed his lung.
(c) The bullet passed through his armpit.
(d) An inch over and he would be in a wheelchair.

3. What does Thomas Lang say about his time with the Scots Guard?
(a) He was honorably discharged.
(b) He was a member of the military police.
(c) They taught him everything he knows.
(d) He was with them for too long.

4. What does Lang tell Paulie he has done since he left the army?
(a) Private investigating.
(b) Worked as a night security guard.
(c) Consultancy work.
(d) Been a dog catcher.

5. What is the name on the money slip that indicates who put the money into Lang's bank account?
(a) J. Jackson.
(b) Graduate Studies.
(c) Solomon.
(d) T. Offee.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does the main character say he had previously been in prison?

2. What does the main character do to make Rayner loosen the grip on his arm?

3. What does Lang explain is the reason that he carries a brief case with nothing in it but a newspaper?

4. What does Lang think about while recovering at the King's Cross Bed and Breakfast?

5. What does Solomon say when Lang asks if he is in trouble?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Solomon and Lang discuss when Lang tells Solomon that they know each other and Solomon should know that Lang would never kill someone for money?

2. Describe the phone conversation in Chapter 5 when Woolf calls Lang.

3. How does Lang get out of the bed he is tied to in Chapter 8?

4. Describe the scene when Lang and Solomon first arrive at O'Neil's office.

5. What does Lang recall about the man that approached him for the job of killing Woolf?

6. What does Lang explain about the conspiracy to commit murder charge when he first learns about it?

7. What happens when O'Neil arrives in Lang's hospital room?

8. Describe what Solomon tells Lang in chapter four when Lang asks why the Ministry of Defence is involved in Woolf is all there is a drug charge?

9. What story does Lang give Barnes when Barnes says he knows that Solomon is on a plane at that moment?

10. What does Lang speculate might be the reason that Woolf tried to hire Lang to kill him?

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