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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brian ask Melinda to do privately with him in Part IV?
(a) Go dancing.
(b) Go for a row on a lake.
(c) Go for a drink.
(d) Go to a reading.

2. What does Melinda get arrested for in Part IV?
(a) Drunk driving.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Public menace.
(d) Prostitution.

3. What do Vic and Melinda serve for dinner in Part III?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Pork.
(c) Beef.
(d) Duck.

4. What does Mr. Cameron drink?
(a) Wine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Gin.

5. Why does Mary Meller agree to come to Vic's and Melinda's dinner party in Part III?
(a) For Trixie's sake.
(b) For Vic's sake.
(c) For Melinda's sake.
(d) For Horace's sake.

6. What does Vic want to buy for Trixie in Part IV?
(a) A fish.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cat.
(d) A treehouse.

7. Who does Vic call to terminate the services of Carpenter?
(a) Hinterton Detective Agency.
(b) Robes and Barker, LLC.
(c) Henley Richardson.
(d) Confidential Detective Service.

8. What is Trixie's given name?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Jane.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Trisha.

9. What recurring image does Vic have in Part IV?
(a) That of a bird dying.
(b) That of a cut he had once on his hand.
(c) That of a fire.
(d) That of a storm from his childhood.

10. How does Melinda describe June Wilson?
(a) As a brilliant woman.
(b) As a phoenix.
(c) As a firebrand.
(d) As a dreary little girl.

11. In the end of Part IV, what does Melinda tell Vic she wants?
(a) A new car.
(b) A new house.
(c) A divorce.
(d) A baby.

12. What does Vic tell Trixie would have happened if he had killed De Lisle?
(a) He would have to pay a lot of money.
(b) He would be killed himself.
(c) He would be put in prison.
(d) Nothing.

13. What does Melinda tell Trixie that Vic did at the Cowan's party?
(a) Insulted his best friend.
(b) Killed Charley.
(c) Ate poison.
(d) Got drunk.

14. What animal does Cameron remind Vic of?
(a) A fish.
(b) A dog.
(c) A gorilla.
(d) A cat.

15. Where do snails lay their eggs, according to Vic?
(a) In the trees.
(b) On birds.
(c) On plants.
(d) In the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vic make for the Wilsons when they visit?

2. What does Melinda make for dinner when Brian is visiting?

3. Who do Vic and Melinda invite to dinner in Part III?

4. Who does Trixie tell Vic is going around saying he killed De Lisle?

5. Where does Vic refuse to go with Melinda and Cameron in Part IV?

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