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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Drenka discuss Matthew's career only with Sabbath?
(a) Because Matija is disappointed that his son has become a police officer.
(b) Because Drenka does not talk to her other family members much.
(c) Because Sabbath understands because he used to be in the same profession.
(d) Because Sabbath is the only one who knows that Drenka still talks to Matthew.

2. Who is Roseanna?
(a) Sabbath's niece.
(b) Sabbath's sister.
(c) Sabbath's daughter.
(d) Sabbath's wife.

3. How did Sabbath feel about the manner in which Nikki handled her mother's death?
(a) He thought that it was odd, but not extraordinary.
(b) He thought tht it was normal and healthy.
(c) He thought that she was faking her grief.
(d) He thought that it was grotesque.

4. What attracted Drenka to her husband, Matija?
(a) He was incredibly handsome, as well as rich.
(b) He was rebellious, and an outcast.
(c) He did not subscribe to the political views upon which she had been raised.
(d) He was a very religious man.

5. What did Linc think had happened to Nikki?
(a) That she left to be with someone else.
(b) That she vanished to kill herself.
(c) That she ran home to her family.
(d) That she was abducted by a jealous lover.

6. At the beginning of Part 3, what does Sabbath find out about Linc?
(a) That he has just become a father.
(b) That he has gotte married.
(c) That he has been diagnosed with a terminal illness.
(d) That he has committed suicide.

7. Why do the embalmers get impatient with Nikki after her mother's death?
(a) Because she will not part with the corpse.
(b) Because she insists on overseeing every aspect of the process.
(c) Because she is controlling and wants them to do things that are out of the ordinary.
(d) Because she is not satisfied with any aspect of their work.

8. Why was Sabbath attracted to Roseanna?
(a) Because she was good-looking, and a great dancer.
(b) Because she was confident and capable.
(c) Because she did not seem as interested in him as he was in her.
(d) Because she was rich, and her father was powerful.

9. What does Sabbath dislike about Roseanna attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) group meetings?
(a) She has abandoned all of her hobbies, and her old friends, in favor of people at the AA meetings.
(b) She constantly pesters him to attend meetings with her.
(c) She uses language that she learns in her meetings to talk to him.
(d) Sabbath dislikes some of the people whom she has met at the meetings.

10. Why does Sabbath think that Nikki committed suicide?
(a) Because her wounds appeared to be self-inflicted to Sabbath, despite the ruling that it was a murder.
(b) Because she was depressed before her disappearance.
(c) Because the character she played committed suicide.
(d) Because she talked about killing herself a lot before she disappeared.

11. What did Sabbath and Ron do together?
(a) Set up their own theatre.
(b) Wrote Sabbath's acts.
(c) Went to San Francisco.
(d) Hitchhiked to New York.

12. What did the woman in the house next to what Sabbath thought might be Nikki's, tell Sabbath?
(a) That Nikki used to live next to her, but disappeared.
(b) That she did not know who Nikki was.
(c) That Nikki left because Sabbath beat her.
(d) That Nikki left because Sabbath drank too much.

13. Sabbath's memories of Nikki are interrupted by which of the following realizations?
(a) That he does not have any money in his checking account.
(b) That he does not know where Norman lives.
(c) That Matthew meant to hit Sabbath at Drenka's grave.
(d) That his car has run out of gas.

14. What about Matija strikes Sabbath?
(a) His intense sadness.
(b) His hostile attitude toward Sabbath.
(c) His physical deformities.
(d) His dignity and composure.

15. What does Drenka's husband do for a living?
(a) Magistrate.
(b) Policeman.
(c) Innkeeper.
(d) Restauranteur.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way was Nikki different when she was on stage?

2. Why did Sabbath want Drenka to sleep with all of his friends?

3. Which of the following did Drenka once ask Sabbath to do for Matija?

4. Why does Matija's story about the sympathy cards that he received after Drenka's death upset Sabbath?

5. How does Sabbath scare Scott Lewis away from Drenka's grave?

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