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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. Why does Sam Polk fail to show up for his meeting with Diz and Abe?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is stuck in traffic.
(c) He is in a meeting with his banker.
(d) He forgot about it.

2. Whose voice does Diz realize is on the 911 call reporting Eddie's body?
(a) Fr. Cavanaugh's.
(b) Steven's.
(c) Arturo's.
(d) Sam's.

3. Diz and Abe think it is highly possible that _______________ killed both Eddie and Linda.
(a) Nika.
(b) Alphonse.
(c) Sam.
(d) Steven.

4. Which of the following thoughts does NOT preoccupy Frannie's mind after Eddie's death?
(a) Eddie was unable to deal with her anymore.
(b) Eddie may have killed himself.
(c) Eddie couldn't accept that Frannie was pregnant.
(d) How to pay for the funeral.

5. What does Fr. Cavanaugh do when Rose challenges him on the last time he met with Eddie Cochran?
(a) Says he must tell the police.
(b) Slaps her.
(c) Ignores her.
(d) Tells her to mind her own business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fr. Cavanaugh reveal when he says that he was almost happy that Eddie died?

2. What does Abe tell Alphonse that panics him a little bit?

3. Why does Abe call Diz in Chapter 26?

4. Where does Sam go when he cannot sleep for worrying about the money in his safe?

5. Where is Sam's body found?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Arturo Cruz' reasons for lying to the police about his knowledge of Eddie's death?

2. What bit of information does Rose, the rectory housekeeper, find to be out of place when Father Cavanaugh talks with Abe?

3. What does Arturo Cruz tell Dismas about the night Eddie died and how can he prove that he did not kill him?

4. Why do Linda Polk and Alphonse Page go to Sam's office to check the safe?

5. Why does Dismas go to the small town of Gonzalez?

6. What feeling does Dismas get that Eddie's death has not been related to a drug deal or trouble at work?

7. What surprises Abe when he meets Father Cavanaugh?

8. What personal pain does Dismas come to terms with in Chapter 25 and how does Jane respond?

9. How is Steven beginning to recover and what is his relationship with his parents now?

10. What is revealed about Arturo Cruz and his knowledge about Eddie Cochran in Chapter 17?

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