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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. What has Cole never told the owner of the Vietnamese restaurant he frequents in Westwood?

2. What does Sheila think of Pike protecting her and instead of Cole?

3. What does Cole tell Pike they have to find in Chapter Fourteen?

4. Who is Terry Ito's employer?

5. What does Cole owe Lou Poitras?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Joe Pike's reputation at Barton's Pistol Range?

2. Why doesn't Sheila Warren notice that Mimi, her daughter, is missing during the Man of the Month banquet?

3. When Cole calls Lou Poitras for information on the men who followed Cole in Little Tokyo, what makes him so bored after the placing the call?

4. What is FBI agent Reese's attitude towards Bradley Warren?

5. When Cole tells Sheila Warren that Joe Pike will be taking over his duties in looking after her and her house, how does the woman react?

6. What does the exterior of the Warren house look like?

7. What is Cole thinking about as he drinks his beer on the deck of his home with his cat?

8. Why does Cole believe that the threatening phone calls the Warrens are receiving are harassment calls?

9. How does the writer get across to the reader Cole's sense of humor in Chapter Four?

10. In what ways are the yakuza soldiers very different from the mafia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore Cole's feelings after he and his partner are fired by Bradley Warren. Describe Cole's feelings as he expresses them to the reader. Determine the reasons for Cole's emotions, going beyond the way someone might feel after being fired from a job. Explore another possible source for his feelings.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter Twenty-One, Mimi Warren's friend, Traci Louise Fishman, talks to Cole about Mimi's self-inflicted wounds and new friends, including a boyfriend who is very dangerous. Discuss the two different Mimis the reader is introduced to in this chapter. How do they differ? Do Mimi's two personalities in any way overlap?

Essay Topic 3

Explain why the questions, "Mimi?" or "Mimi Warren?" continue to be repeated throughout the book, garnering a mention each time by Cole. What is it about Mimi Warren that makes everyone surprised to learn certain things about her? What are people's outward observations of Mimi? How does the way she lives not jive with things people learn about her?

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