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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 Barnes that he is there to question about when he first arrives at Barnes' office?

2. What is the name on the money slip that indicates who put the money into Lang's bank account?

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

4. Who does Lang see in the building into which he follows McCluskey?

5. What noise does Lang hear while trying to get out of the building?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe what Lang goes through when he first wakes up in the room after his motorcycle accident.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Speculate on the reasons that Michael Lucas was killed.

Part 2) Why was it significant that it was Michael's name used on the bank account?

Part 3) How would it have been different if it had been Woolf's name on the account? 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 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.

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