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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the young widow with whom Antonio gets involved?
(a) Victoria Anderson.
(b) Veronica Adams.
(c) Violet Alverson.
(d) Vernie Allen.

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

4. What does Ralph ask Catherine if she will do for him?
(a) Have a child.
(b) Redecorate the house.
(c) Host a party.
(d) Fire the Larsens.

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

6. What does Catherine see descend toward Alice?
(a) A feather.
(b) A bird.
(c) A cloud.
(d) An angel.

7. When did Antonio have sex with Catherine's sister?
(a) A few months ago.
(b) When Catherine was in Wisconsin.
(c) Yesterday.
(d) Years ago.

8. Ralph tells Catherine that Antonio reminds him of whom?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Himself.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Moretti.

9. What does Ralph admit to Catherine one night?
(a) He killed Francesca.
(b) He wants a divorce.
(c) He has changed his mind about Antonio.
(d) He knows what she is doing.

10. While in Chicago, Catherine gets items to treat Ralph from whom?
(a) A neurologist.
(b) India.
(c) A Chinese doctor.
(d) A naturopath.

11. Antonio tells Catherine that all he wants is to have Ralph dead and to ______________________.
(a) Live in the Italian house.
(b) Move to Europe.
(c) Dance on his grave.
(d) Marry Catherine.

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

13. What is a doctor's diagnosis of Ralph's condition?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Cystic Fibrosis.

14. Where does Catherine spend a lot of time while in St. Louis?
(a) Bonwit & Teller Department Store.
(b) The Orpheus Theater.
(c) The Missouri Botanical Garden.
(d) La Belle Grande Hair Salon.

15. Antonio tells Catherine that he had watched Ralph kill __________________.
(a) Justine.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Emilia.
(d) Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Catherine proceed with her plan to kill Ralph even though she loves him now?

2. What is one of Ralph's bedtime rituals?

3. What is the only regret Ralph has as he faces death?

4. Antonio says that the only way Ralph will mean anything to him is _____________________.

5. How does Ralph feel when he realizes that he is being poisoned?

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