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

2. What does Keyes think is the best way to catch the perpetrator of a crime like this?
(a) Surprise
(b) Surveillance
(c) Persistence
(d) Intense questioning

3. What happens to Walter while waiting in Mr. Sanchetti's car?
(a) He recants his story
(b) He inhales fumes
(c) He is shot
(d) He is mugged

4. What country does Walter see from the deck?
(a) Bolivia
(b) Peru
(c) Mexico
(d) Italy

5. What does Lola glean from a conversation she hears between Phyllis and Mr. Sanchetti?
(a) Mr. Sanchetti is going to marry Phyllis
(b) Mr. Sanchetti still loves Lola
(c) Mr. Sanchetti was not involved in the murder
(d) Mr. Sanchetti killed her father

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What information does Keyes share with Walter?

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

4. Who does Walter want to be implicated in his plan?

5. What does Walter do with the information Lola shared with him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the symbolism of the moon at the end of the story?

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

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

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

8. What do Walter and Phyllis do after they realize that their fate is sealed?

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

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

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