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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 Lola tell Walter?
(a) She is moving out of town
(b) She never loved her father
(c) She has the same feeling she had when her mother died
(d) She knows about Walter's role in the murder

2. How is Nirdlinger's death reported?
(a) As a murder
(b) As an accident
(c) As a mob hit
(d) As a suicide

3. What does Walter do the following morning?
(a) Calls in sick
(b) Has a leisurely breakfast
(c) Checks the paper for news of Nirdlinger's death
(d) Goes back to sleep until noon

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

5. What does Walter think will happen at Mazatlan?
(a) They will go snorkeling
(b) They will get married
(c) They will be arrested
(d) They will go sightseeing

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rules the death an accident?

2. What does Walter do with the item kept in the file?

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

4. What does Walter fantasize about?

5. Walter thinks Phyllis will be all right if ___________________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens on the night that Walter plans to kill Phyllis?

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

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

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

8. What does Lola tell Walter about Sachetti that makes him suspicious?

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

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

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