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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 Woolf say when Lang asks how to get in touch with him?

2. What does the main character NOT say about the person that taught him unarmed combat?

3. What does Lang realize when he wakes up after the bike crash?

4. Who gave the Ministry of Defence the information about Lang being asked to murder Woolf?

5. What does the doctor tell Lang about his injury?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation in the first chapter about breaking someone's arm.

2. What does Lang find when he returns to his apartment from his initial interview with O'Neil and Solomon?

3. What does Lang find while trying to get out of the building?

4. Describe the conversation that Sarah Woolf and Lang have in Chapter 1 when they first meet.

5. What does Lang do before he leaves the building in Chapter 8?

6. What happens when Solomon arrives at Lang's apartment?

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

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

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

10. What do Solomon and Lang discuss when Solomon arrives in Lang's hospital room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Why does Barnes and O'Neil meet secretly in the strip club?

Part 2) What role does O'Neil play in the story?

Part 3) Why does Lang go to warn O'Neil when Lang learns about the money flow from Phillip?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Describe Alexander Woolf.

Part 2) What does he symbolize in the story?

Part 3) Is there any indication that Barnes ever meant to do anything besides kill Alexander Woolf?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Why does Ronnie continue to help Lang when she barley knows him.

Part 2) When does it become obvious that their relationship may be more than a friendship?

Part 3) Describe the importance of seeing the scene that Ronnie and Lang put on in front of Phillip.

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