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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 do Vic and Melinda serve for dinner in Part III?
(a) Duck.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Beef.
(d) Pork.

2. What school does Trixie go to in Part III?
(a) Betrand School.
(b) Highland School.
(c) Andover School.
(d) Havingford School.

3. What does Vic say he will give to Melinda if she wants to leave him?
(a) The cat.
(b) His snails.
(c) The sofa.
(d) Anything but Trixie.

4. What does Melinda say when the coroner asks if she has any reason for thinking Vic was responsible for De Lisle's death?
(a) De Lisle was afraid of Vic.
(b) Vic has killed before.
(c) She knows Vic did not like De Lisle.
(d) Vic has been violent towards Melinda.

5. How does Vic realize he feels about Melinda as far as physical attraction in Part III?
(a) He was never physically attracted to her.
(b) He was physically attracted to her before she started having affairs.
(c) He is not physically attracted to her.
(d) He is very physically attracted to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What building is the coroner's inquest held in?

2. Who does Trixie tell Vic is going around saying he killed De Lisle?

3. Where do Vic and Trixie buy a new pet?

4. What does Melinda say she would like to do to Vic in Part IV?

5. Who does Vic confront about the true nature of Carpenter's business in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Melinda do in Part III in order to hurt Vic?

2. What does Brian Ryder do while a guest in Vic's home that upsets Vic?

3. Who accuses Vic of killing De Lisle, and why?

4. What does Melinda tell Vic that Carpenter concluded about Vic?

5. What does Melinda tell Trixie about De Lisle's death?

6. Who attends the Mellers' barbecue in Part IV, and why is this strange?

7. How do the other partygoers react to the death inquiry of De Lisle?

8. Who does Vic realize is paying for the private investigator?

9. What inspires Brian's new poem?

10. In Part III, who tries to help Melinda prove Vic is a killer besides the private investigator?

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