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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 Vic do for a living?
(a) Tailor.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Publisher.
(d) Lawyer.

2. How long does the case of the McRae murder go unsolved?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 years.

3. What does Melinda tell Vic that her new lover is teaching her?
(a) Piano.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Clarinet.
(d) Law.

4. Who is Vic's wife?
(a) Melinda.
(b) Jane.
(c) Helen.
(d) Mary.

5. What does Vic tell Melinda he would like to see her choose in a partner?
(a) Someone with brains.
(b) Someone who is good-looking.
(c) Someone with money.
(d) Someone with feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vic sometimes bring to Melinda in her room in the morning?

2. Who is Trixie's best friend?

3. What does Vic almost never do that his wife loves to do?

4. What does De Lisle say about the water in the pool when he gets in?

5. Who comes to the Cowans' party dressed as Vikings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who finds De Lisle's body and how does this person react?

2. How does Trixie generally react to Melinda's men she is having affairs with?

3. How does Vic kill De Lisle?

4. What is Horace Meller's attitude to the rumor Vic spread about himself?

5. How does Vic realize Melinda is seeing Charley De Lisle?

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

7. What does Vic tell Ralph about his own past?

8. What does Melinda ask De Lisle to help her learn?

9. What had Vic hoped might change with his spreading a bad rumor about himself?

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

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