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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. Why had Mr. Sanchetti suspected Phyllis was up to something the night his car was stolen?
(a) She bought a one-way airline ticket
(b) She bought a new wardrobe
(c) She had been asking detailed questions about Griffith Park
(d) She got a new hairstyle

2. Who does Walter want to be implicated in his plan?
(a) Mr. Sanchetti
(b) Phyllis
(c) Nettie
(d) Lola

3. What happens when Phyllis files her claim for payment?
(a) The insurance company has her arrested
(b) The insurance company denies liability
(c) A messenger delivers her check that afternoon
(d) She gets a check the following week

4. Who has been interviewing everyone on the train?
(a) Police detectives
(b) NTSB investigators
(c) Insurance investigators
(d) The F.B.I.

5. Who visits Walter at his office a week later?
(a) His banker
(b) Lola
(c) Phyllis
(d) Mr. Sachetti

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Walter while waiting in Mr. Sanchetti's car?

2. What has Lola's vow made Walter decide to do?

3. How does Lola plan to get the truth out of Phyllis?

4. What does Walter have in a file at his company?

5. Where was Lola's mother when she died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What information about Sachetti does Walter learn from Lola?

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

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

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

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

9. What are the details of Walter's plan to kill Phyllis?

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

(see the answer keys)

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