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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ralph embarrassed to have Mrs. Larsen change his bedding?
(a) It is hardly used.
(b) It is very rumpled.
(c) It is always soiled.
(d) It is old and faded.

2. Why does Ralph value Mrs. Larsen so much?
(a) She is frugal.
(b) She makes the best apple pies.
(c) She provides comforts for him.
(d) She sings while she works.

3. Ralph suggests that Antonio go to ___________________ to play.
(a) Australia.
(b) Russia.
(c) Europe.
(d) China.

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

5. What is Antonio's demeanor in the Italian house?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Amiable.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Insolent.

6. Most of Ralph's fortune comes from his business in which industry?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Agricultural.
(c) Mining.
(d) Iron.

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

8. What does Ralph bring home to surprise Catherine one night?
(a) A new piano.
(b) The jewels she had lost on the road.
(c) Diamond earrings.
(d) A fur coat.

9. What does Catherine do with the arsenic?
(a) She pours it down a drain.
(b) She flushes it in a commode.
(c) She empties it in the woods.
(d) She throws it in a pond.

10. What is the message of the telegram that Catherine sends to Antonio?
(a) Finished.
(b) It is over.
(c) Joyful end.
(d) Come at once.

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

12. Catherine writes to ask Ralph if she may purchase ____________________.
(a) Plants.
(b) A carriage.
(c) Earrings.
(d) Silk fabric.

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

14. How did Catherine earn money to take care of herself and Alice?
(a) She cooked in a restaurant.
(b) She prostituted herself.
(c) She sewed.
(d) She cleaned houses.

15. How old was Alice when she was kept by a forty-year-old man?
(a) 25.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Catherine's father die?

2. Who was Catherine's lover whom she caught in bed with twelve-year-old Alice?

3. Which of the following is NOT how Catherine describes Ralph to Antonio?

4. How long does Catherine stay in bed and cry after she realizes that Alice can't be saved?

5. From what disease did Emilia die?

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