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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Catherine's lover whom she caught in bed with twelve-year-old Alice?
(a) Uncle Chip.
(b) Uncle Sammie.
(c) Uncle Skip.
(d) Uncle Sid.

2. The Italian house is a metaphor for what?
(a) Love.
(b) Passion.
(c) Art.
(d) Greed.

3. Where did Emilia go after she left Ralph all those years ago?
(a) Miami.
(b) Denver.
(c) Rome.
(d) Chicago.

4. When Ralph was a young man, he used arsenic as an aphrodisiac in ___________________.
(a) Venice.
(b) Florence.
(c) London.
(d) Madrid.

5. From what disease did Emilia die?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Diabetes.

6. What is one of Ralph's bedtime rituals?
(a) Writing in a journal.
(b) Meditating.
(c) Drinking a glass of water left by his bed.
(d) Reading until he falls asleep.

7. What does Antonio do during Violet's funeral?
(a) Drinks brandy.
(b) Sobs in his bed.
(c) Plays the piano.
(d) Makes love to another woman.

8. What does Ralph look for while Catherine is bathing?
(a) The arsenic.
(b) Cash.
(c) Some letters.
(d) A journal.

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

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

11. Why does Mr. Larsen cut off his hand?
(a) He goes out of his mind.
(b) He thinks an unhealed burn is the mark of Satan.
(c) It is constantly numb.
(d) It is mangled in farm equipment.

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

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

14. What food was shipped in to the farm from Chicago because Ralph craved it?
(a) Lobsters.
(b) Steaks.
(c) Chocolates.
(d) Oysters.

15. Which of the following is NOT something Antonio acquires while living at the Italian house?
(a) A car.
(b) A woman.
(c) French Impressionist paintings.
(d) An Arabian horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ralph know that the arsenic poisoning in his body is getting worse?

2. In what does Ralph try to interest Antonio?

3. How old was Antonio when Ralph killed the person in #96?

4. How old was Alice when she was kept by a forty-year-old man?

5. Where do Catherine and Alice live when they leave Philadelphia?

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