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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 Keyes think about the beneficiary in an accident case like this one?
(a) He/she is overwhelmed with grief
(b) He/she is suspicious
(c) He/she has probably left town for awhile
(d) He/she will probably kill again

2. What else drives Walter to make his decision?
(a) He wants revenge on Phyllis
(b) The fear of losing Lola
(c) The guilt is making him sick
(d) He wants a new career

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Walter give Phyllis?

2. What does Phyllis say she'll do one night?

3. What consumes Walter's thoughts after Keyes leaves?

4. What is Walter's plan?

5. What information does Walter find in Keyes' office?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Keyes' position on the accident?

4. What are the terms of the deal that Keyes presents to Walter?

5. What does Keyes tell Walter to get him to start thinking about confessing to Nirdlinger's murder?

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

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

8. What happens after Walter wakes up in the hospital?

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

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

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