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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 the answer to #100 want to know?
(a) The details of Nirdlinger's insurance policy
(b) Why Walter loaned money to Lola's boyfriend
(c) Where Walter was last night
(d) If Walter has ever been to Palo Alto

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

3. What information does Keyes share with Walter?
(a) The Nirdlinger case is still under criminal investigation
(b) Phyllis' accomplice has shown up five nights in a week
(c) The insurance company is going to pay the Nirdlinger claim in full
(d) Walter has been put on suspension

4. What does Keyes say will happen to Lola?
(a) She will go free because of her age
(b) The police will work her over and she'll spill the secret
(c) She will go to prison for the rest of her life
(d) She'll spend the night in jail and be released tomorrow

5. Where is Lola living now?
(a) Her own apartment
(b) With a girlfriend
(c) With Mr. Sachetti
(d) In a dorm

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Walter see while he waits for Phyllis in a grove?

2. Why had Mr. Sanchetti suspected Phyllis was up to something the night his car was stolen?

3. What business does Walter have as an offshoot of the insurance business?

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

5. What action does Phyllis take next?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Walter find out who Keyes thinks is Phyllis' accomplice?

2. What precipitates Walter's plan to kill Phyllis?

3. How did Sachetti come to be at the site of Walter's shooting that night?

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

5. What is Walter's main concern after he tells Keyes about killing Nirdlinger?

6. How does Lola react when Walter advises her about not testifying about Phyllis?

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

8. What is Keyes' position on the accident?

9. Describe Lola's demeanor when she visits Walter at his office a week later.

10. What shock does Walter get on his second day at sea?

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