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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. What awakens Stone and Allison while on the yacht?
(a) Someone knocking on the door.
(b) Screams.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Gunshots.

2. What event does Stone and Allison attend in Chapter 5?
(a) A cocktail party.
(b) An inquest.
(c) An autopsy.
(d) A ball.

3. Who is on the yacht that Stone watches come into the harbor?
(a) A single woman.
(b) A wedding party.
(c) A man and a woman.
(d) A fishing party.

4. Why does Stone call his secretary?
(a) To fax him some documents.
(b) To make new hotel reservations.
(c) To make financial arrangements for the investigation.
(d) To change his airline tickets.

5. Stone's girlfriend decides to stay in New York to ______________________.
(a) take care of a sick friend.
(b) look for a new job.
(c) continue her interviews with Vance Calder.
(d) meet her work deadline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stone learn about the Mannings during their time on the Canary Islands?

2. Stone tells Jim Forrester that Allison will be ________________ if she is found guilty.

3. Where does Allison stay until a press conference can be arranged?

4. Why does Stone return to Allison's yacht in Chapter 17?

5. Which of the following is NOT an option the jury has in the woman's case?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Allison's story regarding her husband's death?

2. What does the investigator learn about Paul Manning which may indicate that he committed suicide?

3. What is Stone's plan for putting some public pressure on Sir Winston regarding the case?

4. Why does Stone use Paul Manning's medical report in the coroner's inquest?

5. Who is Jim Forrester and how does Stone meet him?

6. What is significant about Stone's finding the new rubber dinghy still intact on the yacht?

7. Why is Allison unable to elude the police as she tries to escape from the island?

8. What is so disconcerting about Jim Forrester's story?

9. What does Stone learn from Sir Leslie about the drastic punishment inflicted on guilty parties in St. Marks?

10. Who is Chris Wheaton and what is her role in the peripheral trial activities?

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