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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ishida tell Cole a private detective should look like in Chapter Four?
(a) Ellery Queen.
(b) Sam Spade.
(c) Sherlock Holmes.
(d) Mickey Spillane.

2. How late is Jillian when she meets Cole at Musso's?
(a) Half an hour.
(b) Eleven minutes.
(c) Fifteen minutes.
(d) One minute.

3. What has Cole never told the owner of the Vietnamese restaurant he frequents in Westwood?
(a) He treats the restaurant as his second home.
(b) He loves the food.
(c) He spent eleven months in Vietnam.
(d) He usually dislikes the food.

4. What type of clock does Cole have in his office?
(a) A schoolhouse clock.
(b) A Pinnocchio clock.
(c) A Grandfather's clock.
(d) A small clock radio.

5. What brand of beer does Sheila offer Cole in Chapter Five?
(a) Tumwater.
(b) Asahi.
(c) Sapporo.
(d) Falstaff.

6. Who owns Mr. Moto's?
(a) Eddie Moto.
(b) Bradley Warren.
(c) Nobu Ishida's widow.
(d) Yuki Torobuni.

7. Why does the younger male bartender tell Cole he had better not touch him while they are in the restroom?
(a) Cole is showing his gun in the shoulder holster.
(b) Cole has just locked the door.
(c) Cole has taken a karate stance.
(d) Cole has his fists up in the air.

8. What is Malcolm Denning doing when Cole goes to visit him?
(a) Talking on the phone with a client from Paris.
(b) Discussing prices for the Hagakure.
(c) Speaking with the Kendal couple.
(d) Having tea with his secretary.

9. Whom does Cole think someone could mistake him for when he receives a blank check from Bradley?
(a) Bradley Warren.
(b) Bill Gates.
(c) Donald Trump.
(d) Dan Wesson.

10. One of the men Cole meets in Ishida's place has a body part missing. What is it?
(a) A pinkie finger.
(b) An eye.
(c) An ear lobe.
(d) A pinkie toe.

11. How long ago do the men from the medical examiner's office tell Cole the murders in Chapter Ten occurred?
(a) One week.
(b) Eight hours ago.
(c) Witin the hour.
(d) Two days ago.

12. After Torobuni asks Cole if he has any idea of his identity, what does Cole ask Torobuni?
(a) Where are you hiding Mimi Warren?
(b) When will you let us out of here?
(c) Why did you steal the Hagakure?
(d) Who killed Nobu Ishida?

13. What does it say in Bushido about being a warrior?
(a) The warrior must pray for peace one day.
(b) The warrior is the owner of the book.
(c) The way of the warrior is death.
(d) There is no translation of that.

14. What type of business is above the yakituri grill?
(a) State Farm Insurance.
(b) Pistol range.
(c) Rolodex watch shop.
(d) Chinese restaurant.

15. How does Cole refer to the short guy with two fingers on his left who is in Mr. Moto's with Eddie Tang?
(a) One-hand Luke.
(b) Sharkskin man.
(c) The midget.
(d) The swaggerer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cole say upon Pike's showing him the room he discovers in the Ishida house?

2. Where are Jillian and Bradley preparing to travel to when Jillian enters Cole's office?

3. How does Pike practice shooting a gun?

4. Whose murdered body is found in the office with the body of Ishida?

5. While Cole is looking through Ishida's credit card statements, where does he note Ishida had gone two or three times a week over the past three months?

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