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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 have in a file at his company?
(a) A taped recording of Phyliss and Mr. Sanchetti
(b) A photo of Phyliss and Mr. Sanchetti together
(c) A recording of Phyllis and him
(d) A key to Mr. Sanchetti's car

2. Where was Lola's mother when she died?
(a) Hospital
(b) Interstate
(c) Cabin
(d) Home

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

4. What does Lola vow to do?
(a) Get Mr. Sanchetti back
(b) Leave the city for good
(c) Kill Phyllis
(d) Reveal her suspicions about Phyllis to the police

5. What does Walter say is the only reason he has confessed to Nirdlinger's murder?
(a) So Phyllis will be punished too
(b) So the police won't beat Lola
(c) So he can die with a clear conscience
(d) So Lola will love him again

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Nirdlinger's death reported?

2. Where does Phyllis call Walter from so they can talk privately?

3. Whose efforts got Walter to the hospital?

4. What does Keyes think about the beneficiary in an accident case like this one?

5. What does the nurse give Walter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What realization does Walter come to when he sees Phyllis on board?

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

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

6. What are the preliminary investigative results about the case?

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

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

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

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

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