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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 is Wolfe reading Wednesday evening?
(a) The Secret Life of Words.
(b) The Treasure of Our Tongue.
(c) The Story of English.
(d) Origins of the Specious.

2. What is the avocado served with at the dinner that Wolfe and Goodwin have with Cohen?
(a) Chopped macadamia nuts and watercress.
(b) Black walnut kernels and watercress.
(c) Slivered almonds and watercress.
(d) Chopped pecans and watercress.

3. Where is Goodwin to meet an unidentified man at 11:30 on Thursday morning?
(a) Manhattan Hotel.
(b) Savory Hotel.
(c) Park Avenue Hotel.
(d) Westside Hotel.

4. Where does Lewis Hewitt live?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Park Avenue.
(d) Long Island.

5. About how many people does Goodwin say live in the Village?
(a) Quarter of a million.
(b) 75,000.
(c) 175,000.
(d) 150,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large of a budget does Goodwin say that the FBI has?

2. What time does Goodwin arrive back at the brownstone on Wednesday night?

3. How many hours each morning does Wolfe spend tending his orchids?

4. How many pages of an unfinished novel were found in Althaus's apartment?

5. How much money does Goodwin take out of the safe when he goes to meet an unidentified man at 11:30 on Thursday morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Bruner want Wolfe to do for her?

2. What are Fritz's living quarters like?

3. What does Goodwin tell Fritz that circumspect means?

4. What does Goodwin see when he escorts Mrs. Bruner to her car?

5. What does Fritz want Goodwin to tell him at breakfast on Wednesday morning?

6. What does Cohen say about getting a list of jobs that the FBI are working on in and around New York City?

7. What does Sarah Dacos tell Goodwin about man she suspects is following her?

8. Why does Wolfe decide that they will no longer try to evade any listening devices the FBI may have placed in the house?

9. What reasons does Wolfe give for wanting to prove that the FBI murdered Morris Althaus?

10. Why doesn't Mrs. Bruner want to sign the letter authorizing Wolfe to work for her?

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