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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Steven plans to run away he takes with him Diz' business card and ________________.
(a) A knife.
(b) A credit card.
(c) A letter.
(d) A map.

2. How is the man killed at the ballpark?
(a) He falls over a railing.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is hit in the head by a ball.
(d) He is stabbed.

3. Who is Eddie Cochran's father?
(a) Max.
(b) Sam.
(c) Big Ed.
(d) Junior.

4. What does Glitsky hope Dismas will do?
(a) Help Carl Griffin with the case.
(b) Find the truth about Eddie's death.
(c) Break the suicide news to Frannie.
(d) Forget the case.

5. Where does Dismas visit Frannie Cochran?
(a) Her apartment.
(b) The funeral home.
(c) A cafe.
(d) The park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position in the police department is Carl Griffin hoping to get?

2. Where does Dismas attend a ballgame?

3. What is the bar that Dismas used to frequent years ago?

4. Who is the woman who takes care of the rectory?

5. How does Dismas know Eddie Cochran?

Short Essay Questions

1. What business problems does Frannie tell Dismas that Eddie was experiencing?

2. What tragedy occurs when Dismas goes to the Giants game at Candlestick Park?

3. Who is Abe Glitsky and how does he know Dismas?

4. What does Dismas surmise about Linda Polk's feelings about her father's new marriage?

5. What is the dynamic of the Cochran family as presented after Eddie's death?

6. How does the medical examiner rule on Eddie's death and what leeway does Abe Glitsky give Dismas regarding the case?

7. Why does Frannie think that her pregnancy may have been a factor if Eddie did indeed commit suicide?

8. What does Dismas do after identifying Eddie Cochran's body?

9. What happens when Dismas goes to a bar he used to go to frequently years before?

10. What is the irony of Dismas seeming to come to life again while investigating Eddie's death?

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