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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. Where is Goodwin going Saturday night?

2. Where is the school located where Sarah Dacos said that she attended a lecture on November 20?

3. What do actors Jarvis and Kirby get as a bonus for their roles in Wolfe's plan to deal with the FBI?

4. How many hours of sleep does Goodwin get the night Wolfe confiscates the FBI agents' credentials?

5. How much do Durkin and Cather receive for their two days work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What discussion do Goodwin and Wolfe have all day and evening Monday and Tuesday?

2. What do Goodwin and the others have for lunch on the Thursday before the dinner?

3. What are Goodwin's thoughts before going to sleep the night before the dinner?

4. Why does Goodwin never join Wolfe if he is in the middle of a meal?

5. What does Sarah Dacos tell Mrs. Bruner about the night that Morris Althaus died?

6. Why doesn't Wolfe want Goodwin asking questions about Sarah Dacos's whereabouts on the night of November 20?

7. Why are Wolfe and Goodwin arguing about the itemization of the expenses for Mrs. Bruner's bills?

8. What does Felix want to discuss with Wolfe on Friday night?

9. How do Goodwin, Wolfe and the others spend the evening after the FBI broke into the brownstone?

10. How did Sarah learn about Morris Althaus's murder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argue whether the meal at Rusterman's should or should not be listed on Mrs. Bruner's bill. Use arguments from the book that Wolfe or Goodwin used.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, discuss how Goodwin judges people by the art work on their walls and how that influences his behavior.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the event that is the inciting force in the novel and how the author uses it to advance the plot.

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