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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "American Express" pages 25-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Alan's family from?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Hartford.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Chicago.

2. What technique is used in the sentence "In the morning in stale darkness the subways shrieked" (26)?
(a) Cacophony.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Personification.

3. What is implied about having offices "near the copying machines" (29)?
(a) It indicates Frank and Alan's low status.
(b) It allows Frank and Alan to hear all of the office gossip.
(c) The noise makes Frank and Alan less productive.
(d) The presence of secretaries making copies is distracting for Frank and Alan.

4. What is implied when Brenda meets "a handsome Dutchman who worked for a bank" (30)?
(a) Brenda has always been more interested in finding a rich man than finding true love.
(b) Brenda is looking for a house for her and Frank to live in outside the city.
(c) Brenda is cheating on Frank, but he not invested in their relationship enough to notice.
(d) Frank is more focused on the case than on Brenda, so she finds a different boyfriend.

5. To what is Brenda compared when she leaps from Frank's arms on page 27?
(a) "A rocket to the moon."
(b) "A dropped stone."
(c) "A thirteen-year-old."
(d) "A huge dog."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brenda seem to feel about Frank and Alan missing her party?

2. What does working on the Hardmann Roe case remind Frank and Alan of?

3. On page 30, what is being compared to an "infinite forest, the trunks and vines blocking out the light"?

4. What is Frank referring to when he asks Brenda what she is going to do with "that beautiful struma" (27)?

5. What is implied in the discussion of the case that Alan's father tries "in another part of the state" (25)?

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