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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. Which of the following is not a charge that Sherman will be facing?
(a) Leaving the scene of an accident
(b) Failure to report an accident
(c) Manslaughter
(d) Reckless endangerment

2. Who gives Peter Fallow the identity of Sherman McCoy's female companion on the night of the hit-and-run?
(a) FIllipo Chirazzi
(b) Al Vogel
(c) Caroline Heftshank
(d) Tommy Killian

3. What culturally insensitive term does the mayor's assistant use to describe a common event on his calendar?
(a) Plaques for blacks
(b) Yellow fever
(c) Black Irish coffee
(d) Yids and their kids

4. In what periodical is the Epilogue to the novel supposed to be written?
(a) Time Magazine
(b) The New York Daily News
(c) The City Light
(d) The New York Times

5. On what day of the week does Chapter 19 take place?
(a) Wednesday
(b) Friday
(c) Sunday
(d) Monday

Short Answer Questions

1. How many reporters have been assigned to corroborating Fallow's tip about Maria Ruskin?

2. What ethnicity are the two lawyers that Maria Ruskin has hired?

3. According to Quigley, where is Maria Ruskin presently?

4. What makes Larry Kramer intensely nervous on his second date with Shelly Thomas?

5. What is the reason for Sherman's meeting with Lopwitz?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Shelly Thomas disagree with Kramer about the McCoy case?

2. Where does the incriminating recording of Maria come from?

3. What information do Martin's two crack dealers offer regarding the McCoy case?

4. Why has no one heard of Roland Auburn even though he has been in the papers?

5. How does Roland Auburn's story differ from the actual event?

6. What promise does Tommy Killian make to Sherman regarding his condo?

7. What does Sherman tell Judy about his relationship with Maria?

8. What is Tommy Killian and Quigley's plan to get proof of Maria's complicity in the hit-and-run?

9. What happens to Sherman McCoy in the holding cell awaiting the calling of his case?

10. Describe the scene at the Criminal Court at the end of Chapter 31.

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