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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. What do Dimonte and Myron find behind the dryer at Greg Downing's house in Chapter Twenty One?
(a) A baseball bat covered with blood, the murder weapon.
(b) Greg Downing's corpse.
(c) More money with sequential serial numbers.
(d) A giant rat.

2. What does Dimonte say Sidney Bowman spends most of his spare time doing?
(a) Helping the homeless.
(b) Watching the New Jersey Dragons play.
(c) Teaching his college classes.
(d) Chasing women.

3. What does Dimonte call Myron to tell him at the end of Chapter Thirty?
(a) That he has a video of the killer leaving Carla's apartment.
(b) That he has found Greg Downing.
(c) That the B. Man is Carla's killer and he has proof.
(d) That Carla's killer is not Greg Downing.

4. Who calls Myron at the end of Chapter Twenty Seven?
(a) Greg Downing.
(b) Fiona White.
(c) Esperanza.
(d) Someone with an electronically altered voice.

5. What information does Esperanza request to investigate her theory about the link between Carla and the blackmail of Greg Downing?
(a) A background check on Carla.
(b) A background check on Greg Downing.
(c) A list of Greg Downing's credit card debts.
(d) A list of safe-deposit box renters at the Tucson bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Twenty Three, how long does the B Man say it's been since Greg Downing last made a payment to him?

2. What does Audrey discover to her dismay about the bullets in the gun she seizes from Myron's car?

3. Where do the B Man and two of his thugs show up to find Myron in Chapter Twenty Three?

4. Where does Myron find Greg Downing hiding out at the end of the book?

5. In Chapter Twenty Nine, what does Dimonte tell Myron has hit the morning edition of the newspaper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is there any evidence in the novel that Myron might still have feelings for Emily Downing?

2. How does Cole Whiteman describe the murder that the Raven Brigade has been in hiding for since the Sixties?

3. What does the bat found behind Greg Downing's dryer and the fingerprints found at Carla's apartment indicate about Downing's possible involvement in her murder?

4. What shocking secret is revealed on the tape Cole Whiteman sends Myron?

5. In Chapter Twenty Four, what does Clip Arnstein admit to knowing about Sally/Carla and her relationship with Greg Downing?

6. What happens when the B Man visits Myron at his office in Chapter Twenty-Three?

7. Explain how Esperanza handles Jason Blair's contract negotiations with the Red Sox and what her handling of the situation demonstrates about her character.

8. Who does Cole Whiteman tell Myron he saw coming in and out of Carla's apartment on the day of her murder and what convinces Whiteman that Greg Downing is not Carla's killer?

9. Describe Myron's relationship with his parents.

10. Why does say she killed Carla?

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