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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 happens to the hotel that Raymond is last said to be staying in before he goes missing?

2. When Milo goes to visit Jamison at the police station, whose whereabouts does he want to know?

3. Why is Jamison frustrated about the town of Meriwether?

4. Who claims to have had an affair with Helen in graduate school?

5. What job did Milo have when he took in Muffin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Milo's change from the time he adopts Muffin to the time of having his own child.

2. What is Milo's profession and why is his business struggling?

3. Who does Simon give as leads to Milo after discussing Helen's case?

4. Describe the relationship between Dick Diamond and Helen.

5. Who is Raymond and where are his last known whereabouts?

6. Where does Milo go in order to speak to Reese and what is Reese's response?

7. What can readers tell about Milo's reaction to the death of his father?

8. Discuss Milo's father's overcoat and who it now belongs to.

9. Discuss what Milo learns about Raymond from a friend of his father's in "Chapter 7".

10. When Reese refuses to help Milo in his search for information on Raymond, what does Milo do in response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Label who the protagonist and antagonist in the story are, and what classifies these characters to fall into these specific categories.

Essay Topic 2

"The Wrong Case" contains a first person writing style. Discuss the benefits of this writing technique and also why this technique may have been used by the author, James Crumley.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of dialogue in the story. Include how it is used and also the positive and negative effects it has on the story.

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