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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 Ralph ask for for breakfast after drinking too much?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Juggled eggs.
(c) Curried porridge.
(d) Fast toast.

2. What does Horace do for a living?
(a) Tailor.
(b) Chemist.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Baker.

3. Where does Vic sleep?
(a) In a separate room over the garage.
(b) In Trixie's room.
(c) At a friend's house.
(d) With Melinda.

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

5. Who does Trixie tell Vic she liked of Melinda's past lovers?
(a) Joel.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Jo-Jo.
(d) Henry.

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 Horace tell Vic he is glad of in Part II about him and Melinda?

3. What instrument does Melinda often play?

4. Who is one person who finds Vic's story about killing a man amusing?

5. What is the name of Vic's business?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vic choose not to dance?

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

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

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

5. What does Vic often do for Melinda when she is drunk and it is very early in the morning?

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

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

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

9. What does Vic think of Melinda's piano playing?

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

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