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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 does Woolf tell Lang is lying beside Lang's phone?

2. What is the only thing that Lang finds rather odd on Richie's body?

3. What does Sarah Woolf do when she learns what her father is accused of?

4. What does the main character NOT say about the person that taught him unarmed combat?

5. What was Lang looking at when Woolf tells Lang to 'sleep on it' in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lang explain about the conspiracy to commit murder charge when he first learns about it?

2. How does Lang get out of the bed he is tied to in Chapter 8?

3. What does Lang speculate might be the reason that Woolf tried to hire Lang to kill him?

4. What do Solomon and Lang discuss when Lang tells Solomon that they know each other and Solomon should know that Lang would never kill someone for money?

5. What happens when Solomon arrives at Lang's apartment?

6. Describe the phone conversation in Chapter 5 when Woolf calls Lang.

7. Describe the conversation that Sarah Woolf and Lang have in Chapter 1 when they first meet.

8. Describe the conversation that Lang and the man he dubs Groomed have.

9. What story does Lang give Barnes when Barnes says he knows that Solomon is on a plane at that moment?

10. Describe the scene when Lang and Solomon first arrive at O'Neil's office.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Why does Ronnie continue to help Lang when she barley knows him.

Part 2) When does it become obvious that their relationship may be more than a friendship?

Part 3) Describe the importance of seeing the scene that Ronnie and Lang put on in front of Phillip.

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Describe Paulie. Compare Paulie to Lang.

Part 2) What does it say about Paulie and Lang that they feel the need to hang out with each other in order to feel better about themselves.

Part 3) Which character in the story do you feel is the most like Paulie?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Explain why the title of the book is THE GUN SELLER.

Part 2) Lang became a gun seller, only it was of the air missile rather than the helicopter. Explain how this is different.

Part 3) What other titles could have been chosen for the book? Explain your answer.

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