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1. When Jake rips the obituary column from the paper, what is the headline?
2. What is the word Walsh overhears when he is taking pictures of the argument between
Hollis Mulwray and Noah Cross?
3. Why does Noah Cross want Hollis Mulwray to build the dam? Why does Hollis
refuse?
4. What is the joke Jake hears in the barber shop, and tells in his office? What is funny
about its punchline?
5. What has Evelyn Mulwray been doing before she meets with Jake in her Garden?
6. What is Hollis Mulwray missing when they drag him out of the run-off?
7. What does the Asian gardener tell Jake about the salt water?
8. What does Jake say after he almost gets washed away at the water treatment plant, as
he’s walking back to the climb over the fence again. Is it significant?
9. Why does the “midget”, as Jake calls him, cut Jake’s nose? Who is this “midget”?
10. What is the song playing in the restaurant when Jake meets Evelyn (he continues to