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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 calls Cole after he leaves Lucy's house?

2. Who does Cole call in the beginning of Chapter 40?

3. What does Krantz find in Sobek's fridge?

4. Why does Cole lose his license?

5. What does the sod farmer pull out from behind his back?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Dolan and Cole discover when they go to the storage facility?

2. Why does Cole call John Chen?

3. What does Dolan want "a piece" of in Chapter 34, and why?

4. Why does Cole go to Palm Springs in Chapter 29?

5. Why is Lucy upset with Cole?

6. Who is Laurence Sobek?

7. Why does Evelyn Wozniak call Cole?

8. How does Cole figure the killer is connected to Pike?

9. Who is Trudy?

10. How does Laurence Sobek die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Curtis Wood/Laurence Sobek spends much of his time trying to look and act like Joe Pike in order to frame him for multiple murders. Compare and contrast Pike and Sobek/Wood. How are they similar? How are they different? What must Sobek/Wood change about himself to make him more like Pike? Why was he or why was not he successful at his impersonation? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

Essay Topic 2

The reader does not learn a great deal about Pike's emotions and personal relationships with women. In the story, Pike has intimate relationships with two women--Paulette Wozniak and Karen Garcia. Describe these two relationships. How are they similar? How are they different? How do these relationships show another side of Pike the reader has not seen previously? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

Essay Topic 3

There are two characters than can be considered antagonists in the story--Laurence Sobek and Harvey Krantz. Which antagonist is the true villain? How does each antagonist shape the plot line? How is each confronted by the protagonists in the story? Does either antagonist change in the story? How? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

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