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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 tell Mr. Woolf when Woolf asks if Lang would like to meet somewhere to eat?

2. What does O'Neil say that his men found in a search of Lang's apartment?

3. What does Solomon tell Lang when Lang finishes explaining that McCluskey and Woolf are the same person?

4. What does Lang step on as he comes up to check on Woolf?

5. What does the cabbie ask when Lang hops in and says 'follow that cab'(page 61)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does O'Neil tell Sarah Woolf when he comes to talk to her and Lang in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. Describe the conversation that goes on between Lang and Spencer in Chapter 4?

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

10. Describe the conversation that Lang and the man he dubs Groomed have.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Why did the name of the main character remain unknown until the second chapter?

Part 2) Why did the identify of Woolf and McCluskey remain unknown until later in the book?

Part 3) When Lang is talking about himself while with the Sword of Truth why does he say 'Ricki said' rather than I?

Part 4) What is the significance of Lang believing that Barnes said Murder rather than Murdah the first time Murdah is mentioned?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Describe Paulie. Compare Paulie to Lang.

Part 2) What does it say about Paulie and Lang that they feel the need to hang out with each other in order to feel better about themselves.

Part 3) Which character in the story do you feel is the most like Paulie?

Essay Topic 3

Pick one of the following to write about:

Part 1) Do you think it would have been more unnerving to be the shooter or the person on the slopes knowing that a shot was coming? Explain your answer.

Part 2) Lang didn't like the code name, Operation Deadwood. Pick another name for the operation and explain why it is more appropriate.

Part 3) Would you rather have been one of the hostages in the building or one of the members of the Sword of Truth? Explain why.

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