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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. How many days did Hornclaw have left on her gym membership when a young woman wanted to interview Hornclaw on a show she produced?

2. How long after the messenger leaves the building on page 102, do the police arrive?

3. How old is the woman who boards the subway on page 12?

4. On page 95, how old was a boy who found his murdered father?

5. How does Bullfight knock out Worryfixer so he can go through the agency's old records?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Hornclaw's condition by the time she reached the clinic on page 68?

2. What did Bullfight come home to when he was 13?

3. What did Bullfight find about who ordered his father's death and the assassin who carried it out?

4. How did Hornclaw threaten the doctor who saved her on page 74?

5. What comments does Bullfight have about the job Hornclaw did in the Park case?

6. After killing a target near a reservoir in K County, how did Hornclaw dispose of the body?

7. Why does Hornclaw never ignore her annual physical checkup?

8. How did Hornclaw nearly make a fatal mistake on a job that she finished near a reservoir in K County?

9. How do male trainers bother Hornclaw if she works out at the gym?

10. What signs are there that Hornclaw's memory is failing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hornclaw has a dog she calls Deadweight. What type of relationship do Hornclaw and Deadweight have? What preparations does Hornclaw make for her dog and why are those preparations important?

Essay Topic 2

Ryu dies protecting Hornclaw from a bomb. How and why does Hornclaw keep their business open after his death?

Essay Topic 3

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of The Old Woman with the Knife?

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