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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 say is the reason that he asked Lang to commit murder?

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

3. Who does Solomon say saved Lang's life when he was shot?

4. What does Lang think about while recovering at the King's Cross Bed and Breakfast?

5. What does O'Neil tell Lang that he could have him charged with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the conversation that goes on between Lang and Spencer in Chapter 4?

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

4. What happens when Lang returns to his apartment in Chapter 2?

5. Describe the dinner that Lang has with Paulie.

6. What does Lang recall about the man that approached him for the job of killing Woolf?

7. What happens in chapter five when Lang begins to follow McCluskey?

8. Describe the conversation in the first chapter about breaking someone's arm.

9. Describe what Solomon tells Lang in chapter four when Lang asks why the Ministry of Defence is involved in Woolf is all there is a drug charge?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Compare Barnes and Murdah.

Part 2) Why did these two men seem to work so well together?

Part 3) How did it change the perception of Murdah to see him panicked on the roof ?

Part 4) Was it shocking that Barnes was the one flying the helicopter.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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