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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 Lang notice about the way that the men talk in Chapter 7?

2. Who is Lang's first visitor while in the hospital?

3. What was Lang looking at when Woolf tells Lang to 'sleep on it' in Chapter 7?

4. What does Sarah Woolf do when she learns what her father is accused of?

5. What is it that keeps coming into Lang's mind while he is trying to sleep that keeps him awake in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the dinner that Lang has with Paulie.

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

3. 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?

4. What happens when Lang enters the art gallery following McCluskey?

5. What happens when the men arrive at the art gallery with Lang?

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

7. What does Lang find when he goes to the bank in Chapter 4?

8. What happens in chapter five when Lang begins to follow McCluskey?

9. How does Lang get in to see Russell Barnes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Describe Lang's character and his personality traits.

Part 2) In what ways is Lang a typical protagonist? In what ways is he atypical?

Part 3) Is there any indication that Lang has changed because of his involvement in this situation? Explain why or why not and if so then what changes have occurred.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Would it have been possible for Murdah to have been stopped if Woolf had not been killed? Explain.

Part 2) Would Woolf had been in more or less danger if Sarah had refused to help Barnes? Explain.

Part 3) Was the kiss in the restaurant simply to keep Lang from knowing what she was doing? Explain.

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