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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Otto refuse to take on a certain kind of law case?
(a) He thinks it is too low class.
(b) He is afraid of criminals.
(c) He does not agree with charitable means.
(d) He says it does not pay well enough.

2. Why did Sophie feel sorry for the cat?
(a) It has been mistreated.
(b) It is skinny.
(c) It will not purr.
(d) It is missing an eye.

3. Why did Otto leave Sophie and Francis alone during a play?
(a) He saw someone he knew.
(b) He needed to smoke.
(c) He got kind of sick.
(d) He had a call to make.

4. What does Charlie offer to do when he sees Sophie's cat bite?
(a) Take her to the hospital.
(b) Treat it himself.
(c) Kill the cat.
(d) Steal her some medicine.

5. What do the Bentwoods do simultaneously at the beginning of the book?
(a) Yawn.
(b) Sign their names.
(c) Pull out their chairs.
(d) Open their papers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sophie wake up Otto after the party?

2. Why did Sophie eventually tell her husband about the bite wound?

3. Where do the Holsteins live?

4. What attribute of Sophie's does Francis say he liked?

5. What does Charlie say will be destroyed when Otto and Charlie are no longer working together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the Bentwoods' house when they return from the party?

2. What does Sophie say had changed about her with age?

3. What does Mike offer to do for Sophie at the party? What is her response?

4. What bothers Otto about his neighborhood? Why?

5. Why does Otto not like Tanya?

6. What does Sophie hear when Otto goes back to sleep after being woken up at 3:00 am?

7. Why did the affair with Francis end?

8. What kind of law case does Otto refuse to take on and why?

9. Why did Sophie feel so rushed to get home while she is out alone with Charlie?

10. How does Sophie compare Otto and Charlie?

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