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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philip say about Kay since they divorced?
(a) She has ignored his family.
(b) She has become weepy.
(c) She has gained weight.
(d) She has gotten hard.

2. What does Kay infer about Philip during their marriage?
(a) He was a loving husband.
(b) He had an affair.
(c) He was indifferent.
(d) He was more interested in his work than her.

3. In what condition is Kay's house?
(a) Half gone.
(b) Completed.
(c) Painted a different color.
(d) Torn down.

4. What is Kay's stipulation for her going with Carriscant?
(a) He will tell her everything.
(b) He will spend time with her.
(c) They will have separate berths.
(d) He will not tell everyone he's her father.

5. Who is Isidro Cruz?
(a) Lawyer who often argues against Carriscant in court.
(b) Young man who develops a crush on Annabelle.
(c) Carriscant's brother-in-law.
(d) Surgeon with whom Carriscant has a long-running feud.

6. What was Kay's biological father's occupation according to Kay's mother?
(a) Oil man.
(b) Missionary and teacher.
(c) Safari guide.
(d) Architect.

7. For how long does Carriscant say he was married to Annaliese?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 10 years.

8. What happens when Carriscant begins working in Manila?
(a) He makes a terrible error and is fired.
(b) He practices law for a rich oil company.
(c) He is reviled because of his race.
(d) He becomes famous.

9. What does Kay say about how she knows Carriscant to her mother?
(a) Carriscant works in the same law firm as her lawyer.
(b) Carriscant has hired her to her to design a home.
(c) Carriscant is helping Kay with her legal problems
(d) Carriscant is an architect in a firm who wants Kay to come to work with him.

10. Why is the location of Ward's body questioned?
(a) The United States Army took the body without authorization.
(b) No one has been authorized to move Ward's body.
(c) The body has been moved to where they cannot maintain a chain of evidence.
(d) There is a question of jurisdiction.

11. What is Kay Fischer's occupation?
(a) Professor.
(b) Journalist.
(c) Architect.
(d) Physician.

12. What is the year when the novel opens?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1952.

13. What is Pantaleon building?
(a) A hot-air balloon.
(b) An airplane.
(c) An experimental lab.
(d) A tank.

14. What does Kay think started Philip on the road to his alcoholism?
(a) The death of his son.
(b) Losing his father and older brother in a mining accident.
(c) Flunking out of MIT.
(d) Losing his fortune in the stock market crash of 1929.

15. What does Carriscant realize when he visits Pantaleon?
(a) Pantaleon's brilliance.
(b) Pantaleon's future as a lawyer.
(c) Pantaleon's future as a doctor.
(d) Pantaleon's recipient of money and time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kay do to gauge her mother's response?

2. What is the year of the setting of the chapter "Tongue"?

3. What does Kay conclude about the lack of her mother's reaction to Carriscant?

4. How is Kay's business?

5. For what does Kay use a scalpel?

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