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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 Mr. Cameron has explained to her?
(a) Classical music.
(b) Horticulture.
(c) Woodworking.
(d) Water tables.

2. What does Vic know Melinda will do the night he tells her he knows Carpenter is a detective?
(a) Get drunk.
(b) Call her friend Jane.
(c) Go to the lake.
(d) Crash the car.

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

4. What instrument does Mr. Cameron play?
(a) Violin.
(b) Clarinet.
(c) Harp.
(d) Piano.

5. What happens with Carpenter and Melinda after Melinda's birthday party?
(a) Carpenter starts to eat more often at Vic's house.
(b) Carpenter starts having much more alone time with Melinda.
(c) Carpenter starts to ask Vic to borrow more books.
(d) Carpenter starts to leave town more often.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Don Wilson and his wife move in Part IV?

2. What does Brian write for Melinda?

3. Who starts making calls to say he thinks Vic had something to do with De Lisle's death?

4. In Part III, who is the new person Melinda introduces Vic to?

5. Who are two of Vic's staunchest defenders in the coroner's inquest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Don Wilson move out of town?

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

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

9. What does Horace tell Vic about Melinda's persistent claims that he is a murderer?

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

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