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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 step on as he comes up to check on Woolf?

2. How many men does Lang say you need to effectively escape a hostile building?

3. Why does Lang explain that a piece of him wanted Woolf to die?

4. Where does Solomon take Lang?

5. Where does Solomon say that he believes Alexander Woolf is at that moment in Chapter 4 while Solomon and Lang are drinking?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Does this conspiracy seem to be extremely far fetched and unbelievable? Explain why or why not?

Part 2) How are the government officials portrayed in this story?

Part 3) Does it seem likely that the American CIA all knew about Barnes' behavior? Explain.

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) Describe the way that drugs and arms dealers are viewed in the story.

Part 2) Is there any indication that one of these was viewed more negatively than the other? Why or why not?

Part 3) Could Murdah have done anything other than killing Michael Lucas and created the same immediate effect on both Lang and the reader?

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