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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ralph know that the arsenic poisoning in his body is getting worse?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He is cold all the time.
(c) He can't taste anything.
(d) He loses his hearing.

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

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

4. What does Catherine write to Ralph about regarding Antonio?
(a) She needs more time to observe him.
(b) She cannot persuade him to come home.
(c) She wants to meet with him alone.
(d) She doesn't think he is Ralph's son.

5. Catherine visits beer parlors and _________________ with Antonio.
(a) Cafes.
(b) Whorehouses.
(c) Drug dens.
(d) Museums.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Larsen cut off his hand?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Catherine's clothing in the story?

2. What happens between Antonio (Manetti) and Catherine when she finally goes to his apartment?

3. How does Truitt think Antonio is just like himself at that age?

4. How does a nightly glass of water symbolize Mrs. Larsen as a mother figure?

5. Who is Violet Alverson and how does Antonio cavalierly destroy her?

6. What does Antonio threaten to do if Catherine doesn't carry through on her promise to kill Truitt?

7. What does Truitt do regarding his business as his health rapidly deteriorates?

8. What does Antonio reveal to Catherine about his mother's death and what does he say he feels towards his father?

9. Describe how Catherine vacillates on poisoning Truitt and how she makes the decision to stop altogether.

10. What is the link between poison and passion for Truitt at this point in his life?

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