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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 does Walter learn about Mr. Sanchetti?
(a) He pretended to fall in love with Phyllis to get incriminating evidence against her
(b) He has been divorced three times
(c) He has already married Phyllis
(d) He and Lola have escaped

2. What consumes Walter's thoughts after Keyes leaves?
(a) If he will get his sight back
(b) How Lola will find out the truth about him
(c) Whether Phyllis will try to kill him
(d) Whether he will ever walk again

3. What will Keyes give to Walter?
(a) The number of a good attorney
(b) A steamship ticket to Balboa
(c) Half the insurance payout
(d) His termination papers

4. What happens to Walter and Phyllis?
(a) They write their memoirs
(b) They turn themselves in to the captain
(c) They get married
(d) They commit suicide

5. What does Keyes tell Walter probably saved his life?
(a) A group of kids
(b) A passing policeman
(c) A vagrant in the park
(d) A wadded up theater program in his pocket

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has been interviewing everyone on the train?

2. What is Walter's plan?

3. What does Walter do with the information Lola shared with him?

4. What does Keyes tell Walter about Lola?

5. What does Walter say is the only reason he has confessed to Nirdlinger's murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reinforces Lola's love for Sachetti?

2. What surprising information does Walter get from reading the newspaper account of his accident?

3. What is the news about the murder in the paper the next morning?

4. What transpires when Keyes returns to Walter's hospital room later that night?

5. How does Walter's wish to marry Lola show his suspended state of reality?

6. What is Keyes' position on the accident?

7. Why does Walter's secretary, Nettie, call him at home that morning?

8. What is the symbolism of the moon at the end of the story?

9. What is it that finally makes Walter admit to murdering Nirdlinger?

10. What does Phyllis do after the insurance company denies liability for the accident claim?

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