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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antonio threaten to do if Catherine will not kill Ralph?
(a) Kill Ralph himself.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Tell Ralph about having sex with Catherine.
(d) Track her down and kill her.

2. Antonio tells Catherine that Ralph's rage was assuaged only by drugs and _______________.
(a) Sex.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Music.
(d) Food.

3. Where did Catherine move when she no longer had Alice in her life?
(a) Miami.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Phoenix.

4. Which of the following is NOT a food Antonio indulges in on a regular basis?
(a) Melons.
(b) Pasta.
(c) Quail.
(d) Oysters.

5. How did Catherine's father die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Gunshot wound.
(c) Drunkenness.
(d) Malaria.

6. Who arrives at the Truitt house one night?
(a) Emilia.
(b) India.
(c) Alice.
(d) Antonio.

7. How does Ralph know he is being poisoned?
(a) He finds the little blue bottle of arsenic.
(b) He tastes it in the water.
(c) He is dizzy all the time.
(d) He tastes it in his food.

8. How old was Catherine when she became the mistress of a married man?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 25.

9. What nickname do old people give to arsenic?
(a) Nectar of Satan.
(b) Inheritance powder.
(c) Liquid death.
(d) The bitter end.

10. Where does Antonio say that Catherine's sister is?
(a) Deadwood.
(b) Wild Cat Chute.
(c) La Belle d'Amour brothel.
(d) Edgetown.

11. How old was Antonio when Ralph killed the person in #96?
(a) 9.
(b) 21.
(c) 6.
(d) 13.

12. Where do Catherine and Alice live when they leave Philadelphia?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

13. In what does Ralph try to interest Antonio?
(a) His business.
(b) Law.
(c) Community service.
(d) Religion.

14. Catherine leaves Alice some money and _____________________.
(a) A hotel room key.
(b) Her fur coat.
(c) An address.
(d) Some food.

15. Where did Catherine and Alice move after Catherine had saved a little bit of money?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Larsen represent for Ralph?

2. What does Catherine realize about her own health when she is in Chicago?

3. Catherine writes to ask Ralph if she may purchase ____________________.

4. When Ralph was a young man, he used arsenic as an aphrodisiac in ___________________.

5. Why does Ralph value Mrs. Larsen so much?

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