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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. Who arrives with Woolf when he arrives for his dinner with Lang?

2. What reason does Lang speculate is the reason that Woolf asked Lang to kill him?

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

4. Who does Lang find in his apartment in Chapter 3 when he returns from his lunch with Paulie?

5. What does O'Neil explain that Woolf is being investigated for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Lang tells Solomon that they know each other and Solomon should know that Lang would never kill someone for money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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) Compare Barnes and Murdah.

Part 2) Why did these two men seem to work so well together?

Part 3) How did it change the perception of Murdah to see him panicked on the roof ?

Part 4) Was it shocking that Barnes was the one flying the helicopter.

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