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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 does Melinda often due to excess?
(a) Eat.
(b) Apply makeup.
(c) Run.
(d) Drink.

2. What kind of party do the Cowans have in Part II?
(a) Costume.
(b) Potluck.
(c) Swinger.
(d) Midnight.

3. What does Vic end up getting for Ralph after Ralph wakes up from a night of drinking?
(a) A large steak.
(b) Tea.
(c) More alcohol.
(d) Coffee.

4. What book does Vic read during one of Melinda's all-night sessions with a lover in Part I?
(a) Murder on the Orient Express.
(b) Temptitudes.
(c) The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
(d) The Wren.

5. Where do Vic and Trixie sometimes picnic?
(a) Henderson Shore.
(b) Wrightsville.
(c) The Barbican.
(d) Bear Lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phil Cowan ask Vic in a fit of pique about Melinda's behavior after De Lisle's death?

2. What does Vic's most trusted worker call him?

3. What does Melinda drink at the Fourth of July party?

4. Who is the leatherworker who does all the work on Vic's covers?

5. Who is the first person Vic tells he killed someone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vic want to toy with Mr. Nash in Part I?

2. How does Vic try to stop Melinda's affair with De Lisle?

3. Who does most of the housework in the Van Allen household, and why?

4. What kind of employee is Stephen Hines?

5. What is the difference between how Vic and Melinda treat their daughter Trixie?

6. What is the sleeping arrangement at Vic's and Melinda's house?

7. In Part II, what shatters the rumor Vic told about himself?

8. What is Vic's reputation in Little Wesley?

9. How does Vic feel during the costume party in Part II?

10. Who does Vic dance with at the party in Part II, and why?

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