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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. Raymond tells Rusty that he might be able to get him a job as a ____________________.
(a) district attorney.
(b) senator.
(c) representative.
(d) judge.

2. Lionel Kenneally tells Rusty that Carolyn was at the police station investigating files concerning ___________________.
(a) the gay arrests.
(b) burglaries.
(c) rape victims.
(d) unsolved murders.

3. What had Carolyn written on the B file?
(a) Leon.
(b) Max.
(c) Painless.
(d) Forest.

4. Rusty thinks that he cannot calm Barbara's inner tumult because too much of his energies must be directed toward the "monumental task" of __________________________.
(a) taking care of Nat.
(b) staying physically healthy.
(c) being himself.
(d) keeping his job.

5. What does Rusty learn at Carolyn's funeral that stuns him?
(a) She was older than he thought.
(b) She had a son.
(c) She didn't have a will.
(d) She had been very ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nat?

2. What is found at the McGaffen house that confirms the doctor's suspicions of abuse on the child?

3. Rusty thinks about his father who was a _______________ from Belgrade.

4. What is Carolyn's last name?

5. Who is the secretary for Rusty's office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the phone calls to Rusty's home that are listed in Carolyn's phone records?

2. How are the typical roles in a sexual relationship reversed with Rusty and Carolyn and what does that say about their personalities?

3. What does Sandy think about Nico Della Guardia's decision to not add a charge of obstruction of justice against Rusty?

4. Describe Rusty's first encounter with Marty Polhemus at the university.

5. Explain Rusty's relationship with his boss, Raymond Horgan, especially as it relates to running for the District Attorney job.

6. What is Barbara's reaction when she learns that Rusty will be working on Carolyn's murder case?

7. What is the importance to the plot of Rusty's visits with his psychiatrist?

8. Who wins the District Attorney election and what does Horgan tell Rusty at his election day party?

9. How does Rusty's attraction to Carolyn influence his closing statement in the Wendell McGaffen case?

10. What crime scene evidence is revealed in Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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