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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does De Lisle do for a living?

2. What does Vic's most trusted worker call him?

3. What does Horace tell Vic he is glad of in Part II about him and Melinda?

4. What does Vic sometimes bring to Melinda in her room in the morning?

5. What book does Vic read during one of Melinda's all-night sessions with a lover in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of employee is Stephen Hines?

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

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

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

6. How does Melinda flaunt her affairs?

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

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

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

10. How does Vic realize Melinda is seeing Charley De Lisle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Highsmith handle the topic, overall, of deception? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

When does Vic decide to kill Cameron, and how does he plan to get away with murder again? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

In general, how does Vic react to his wife Melinda's infidelities, and how does Highsmith communicate the unorthodox nature of their relationship to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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