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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 Pike own in addition to part of the detective agency?

2. What is on Rice's house door?

3. At approximately what time do Elvis, Ellen, and Pike prepare for battle against Dom?

4. What does Elvis assume Kimberly did with the stolen drugs?

5. What do the police confirm to Elvis and Poitras in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is O'Brannon?

2. What happens to Pike at Dom's estate?

3. What does Elvis find at Rice's home after he visits Fein?

4. Why do Dom's men demand Ellen be put on the phone?

5. Describe what Pike teaches Ellen how to do before the battle against Dom.

6. What happens at Griffith Park?

7. Why does Ellen tell Dom that Elvis has the drugs?

8. What happens in Fein's apartment?

9. Where does Kimberly hide the cocaine?

10. What do Pike's tattoos represent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and explain how Elvis's personal vice is his drinking habit and how his disdain for drugs is a paradox to his own habit.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of protection over women and, especially, over children. What does this repeated image suggest?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and explain why Elvis decorates his room in childhood memorabilia and what insight this information gives the reader about his character.

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