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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 Melinda tell Vic that Mr. Carpenter is actually qualified as?
(a) An accountant.
(b) A psychiatrist.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A fitness teacher.

2. What do Brian and Tony want to have for dinner that Vic is repulsed by?
(a) Pork.
(b) Pheasant.
(c) Snake.
(d) Snails.

3. How does Brian Ryder get to Vic's town to work together?
(a) Car.
(b) Plane.
(c) Boat.
(d) Train.

4. Why does Mary Meller agree to come to Vic's and Melinda's dinner party in Part III?
(a) For Vic's sake.
(b) For Horace's sake.
(c) For Melinda's sake.
(d) For Trixie's sake.

5. Who offers Vic calvados when he does a favor for her in Part III?
(a) Mrs. Smith.
(b) Mrs. Podnansky.
(c) Mrs. Janderson.
(d) Mrs. Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Melinda say was Carpenter's diagnosis of Vic?

2. What recurring image does Vic have in Part IV?

3. When does Vic know that Dr. Franklin began not liking Melinda?

4. Who does Horace think Carpenter might be a friend of?

5. What does Horace tell Vic he suspects is Mr. Carpenter's business?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tony propose for dinner that makes Vic very angry?

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

3. What does Vic decide to do for Trixie in Part IV that Melinda objects to?

4. What does Meller tell Vic that Melinda said at his party in Vic's absence?

5. What does Vic really dislike about Cameron by late in Part IV?

6. Why does Don Wilson move out of town?

7. What does Melinda tell Vic that she will do late in Part IV that shocks him?

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

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

10. What inspires Brian's new poem?

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