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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Walter Huff's profession?
(a) Accountant
(b) Insurance agent
(c) Lawyer
(d) Physician

2. What is Walter's worry about his work?
(a) That his customers are frauds
(b) That it will drop off
(c) That his customers won't pay their premiums
(d) That he will get fired

3. Why does Walter insist on listening to the radio?
(a) He likes to hum
(b) It calms his nerves
(c) It is part of his alibi to know the programs
(d) He needs a distraction

4. What makes it difficult to board a train unnoticed?
(a) Too much luggage
(b) Too many passengers
(c) Being on crutches
(d) Inclement weather

5. Where is Mr. Nirdlinger's body left while Walter and Phyllis go to the train station?
(a) In a ditch
(b) In a hole
(c) In a cave
(d) In the locked car

6. What does Phyllis tell Walter when she calls him?
(a) Lola has run away
(b) She has the flu
(c) Mr. Nirdlinger is wearing a blue suit
(d) She is leaving town

7. Who observes Walter's preparations for bed at 6:45 p.m.?
(a) His maid
(b) His neighbor
(c) His Filipino houseboy
(d) His girlfriend

8. What does Walter tell Phyllis?
(a) He is going to help her kill her husband
(b) He wants her to leave his house
(c) He thinks she is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen
(d) He wants to marry her

9. Phyllis is attractive, but sort of _____________.
(a) Washed-out looking
(b) Angry
(c) Rude
(d) Sad

10. When does Phyllis return to Walter's house?
(a) The next week
(b) Three months
(c) The next night
(d) Never

11. What is Walter obsessed with avoiding?
(a) His ex-wife
(b) Discovery and capture
(c) His landlord
(d) The influenza virus

12. What does Walter contemplate that night at home?
(a) His health
(b) His attraction to Phyllis
(c) A career change
(d) His golf game

13. Why is Walter nervous with Lola in the room?
(a) He is uncomfortable considering the plan to kill her father
(b) She is too young to be involved
(c) She is very outspoken
(d) She is very attractive

14. Who does Walter call from his home to complete his alibi?
(a) His mother
(b) Another insurance agent
(c) Lola
(d) Phyllis

15. What does Walter focus on?
(a) A move to a new city
(b) An alibi
(c) An affair with Lola
(d) A new career

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Keyes?

2. What does Phyllis do to prevent all the porters from looking too closely at Walter?

3. What does Walter do after he jumps off the train?

4. What does Walter use to break Mr. Nirdlinger's neck?

5. What is Walter's spot to jump off the train?

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