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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one thing that Keyes cannot understand?
(a) Why Walter was in the park at that hour
(b) What did Walter know that would make Lola and Mr. Sanchetti shoot him
(c) Why some people drink coffee black
(d) What Lola ever saw in Walter

2. What else are the investigators waiting on?
(a) Lola's statement
(b) Walter's statement
(c) A coroner's report
(d) Phyllis' statement

3. What does Phyllis say she'll do one night?
(a) Slip off the stern of the ship
(b) Join the captain at dinner
(c) Marry Walter
(d) Call Lola and apologize

4. What does the nurse give Walter?
(a) A pillow
(b) A blanket
(c) A sponge bath
(d) Ice to suck on

5. What does Walter do with the information Lola shared with him?
(a) Tells Keyes immediately
(b) Tells the police
(c) Tells Phyllis
(d) Keeps it to himself

6. Whose efforts got Walter to the hospital?
(a) Mr. Sanchetti
(b) Keyes
(c) Phyllis
(d) Lola

7. What does Keyes tell Walter about Lola?
(a) She thought Mr. Sanchetti shot Walter out of jealousy
(b) She has admitted to the murders of her father and mother
(c) She has killed Mr. Sanchetti
(d) She has killed Phyllis

8. What is Mr. Sanchetti's current situation?
(a) He doesn't have his degree and needs money
(b) He has just landed a great entry level job
(c) He has just finished his engineering degree
(d) He has inherited money from his father

9. What does Walter say is the only reason he has confessed to Nirdlinger's murder?
(a) So the police won't beat Lola
(b) So Lola will love him again
(c) So he can die with a clear conscience
(d) So Phyllis will be punished too

10. Who rules the death an accident?
(a) The insurance investigators
(b) The coroner
(c) The F.B.I.
(d) The police detectives

11. What does Walter see while he waits for Phyllis in a grove?
(a) Some vagrants
(b) Police patrolling
(c) Lovers in an embrace
(d) A flash of light

12. Who was apprehended for trying to get Walter out of Mr. Sanchetti's car?
(a) Phyllis
(b) Lola
(c) Mr. Sanchetti
(d) Nettie

13. What is Walter aware of when he wakes from the anesthesia?
(a) He is paralyzed
(b) He is handcuffed
(c) He can't see
(d) He is gagging

14. What are Walter's true feelings about Phyllis now?
(a) He hopes she moves away and lets him alone
(b) He loves her but knows she does not love him
(c) He is still in love with her and can't wait until they can be together
(d) He can't stand to even hear her voice

15. Who is Walter shocked to see on board?
(a) Phyllis
(b) Keyes
(c) Lola
(d) Julie

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Walter learn about Mr. Sanchetti?

2. How is Nirdlinger's death reported?

3. What does Walter tell Keyes when he fears for Lola's safety?

4. What will Keyes give to Walter?

5. What does Walter think will happen at Mazatlan?

(see the answer keys)

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