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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 is Trixie's best friend?
(a) Hellie.
(b) Bennie.
(c) Rita.
(d) Janey.

2. Why does Vic want to scare the person he tells he killed someone?
(a) He works with that person and wants to establish dominance.
(b) The person he tells is having an affair with his wife.
(c) He wants to move soon and he thinks this is the way to convince his wife to do it.
(d) He has always had an odd sense of humor.

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

4. What town does Vic live in?
(a) Henderson.
(b) Little Wesley.
(c) Barksdale.
(d) Hyattsville.

5. Who finds De Lisle's body?
(a) Horace Meller.
(b) Phil Cowan.
(c) Melinda.
(d) Vic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game do Vic and Trixie like to play frequently together?

2. Who calls the Van Allen household early the morning that the newspaper reports on the police finding McRae's killer?

3. How does Melinda relate to her daughter?

4. What does Vic tell Melinda he would like to see her choose in a partner?

5. Who does a real estate agent call Vic about for a reference in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Vic do for a living?

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

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

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

7. How does Vic kill De Lisle?

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

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

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

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