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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. Who does a real estate agent call Vic about for a reference in Part II?
(a) Horace Meller.
(b) Charley De Lisle.
(c) Ed Henry.
(d) Melinda.

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

3. What is the last song Melinda plays at the party in Part I?
(a) It Had To Be You.
(b) Favorite Fairies.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Dancing in the Dark.

4. Who does Vic hear thinks his tale about Malcolm McRae was in poor taste?
(a) Phil Cowan.
(b) Henry Edwards.
(c) Don Wilson.
(d) Horace Meller.

5. What does Vic collect and nurture?
(a) Birds.
(b) Bedbugs.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Melinda often due to excess?

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

3. What does Vic know is the normal reaction to his wife's having affairs that he does not react with?

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

5. Who is Vic's trusted assistant at the press?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Vic do for a living?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Vic kill De Lisle?

10. What does Vic tell Mr. Nash in Part I that alarms Nash?

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