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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. Who is John Chen?
2. Where is Ben going?
3. How did Joe Pike and Karen meet?
4. Where does Karen Garcia live?
5. What does Karen ask Joe when she approaches his patrol car?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the scene when PIke goes to see Eugene Dersh.
2. How does Pike know Frank Garcia?
3. How does Krantz react to Cole and Pike watching the investigation?
4. Why does Dolan go to Frank Garcia's house in chapter 15?
5. What does Cole learn at Riley Ward's office?
6. Why do the media come to Karen Garcia's funeral?
7. Why does Cole talk to Curtis Wood?
8. Why is Frank Garcia blaming the police for Karen's death?
9. Why does Pike come to Cole's house in Chapter 10, and how do they interact?
10. Why is Pike nervous about entering Parker Center, and what happens once he does enter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Joe Pike and Elvis Cole are a somewhat unlikely pair of best friends. Compare and contrast Pike and Cole. How are they similar? How are they different? What about those similarities and differences enables them to not only be friends, but also to be co-workers? Use specific examples from the story in the response.
Essay Topic 2
L.A. Requiem is told from a first person point of view, using Elvis Cole as the narrator. How does having Cole as the sole narrator help or hinder the plot's development? What information can Cole provide the reader that other characters would not be able to provide? What information is hidden from the reader because Cole is the sole narrator? Use specific examples from the text in the response.
Essay Topic 3
Elvis Cole has two important relationships in the story--one with his friend and partner Joe Pike and another with his girlfriend Lucy Chenier. At times, the reader feels that Pike and Chenier are fighting for Cole's attention. Compare and contrast Pike's and Chenier's relationships with Cole. How does Cole balance between the two people? Why does he choose one over the other? How does the character who is pushed aside react? What do Cole's actions and his relationships with these two characters say about his personality? Use specific examples from the text in the response.
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