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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 information does Lisa at NYNEX relay to Win?
(a) Valerie was using a pay phone to call Duane.
(b) Valerie used a pay phone to call home.
(c) Valerie used a pay phone to call Myron.
(d) Valerie used a pay phone to call Kenneth.

2. What does Myron believe about Deanna Yeller and the death of her son?
(a) Somebody paid her off.
(b) She knows what happened the night he died.
(c) She never loved her son.
(d) She blocked out the whole event.

3. With whom does Myron live?
(a) His parents.
(b) Win.
(c) Jessica.
(d) His dog.

4. What does Myron suggest to Dr. Abramson about Valerie's death?
(a) There was no way Roger Quincy committed the murder.
(b) Dr. Abramson knows the reason behind Valerie's murder.
(c) Valerie's family may have something to do with the murder.
(d) Valerie may have been silenced for something she wanted to say.

5. Why did Duane lie to the police about knowing Valerie?
(a) Wanda was standing there when the question was asked.
(b) He felt embarrassed that he needed money from Valerie.
(c) He was scared.
(d) He didn't want to be accused of murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Gregory Caufield nice to Myron on the phone when Myron calls to set up an appointment?

2. What water company does Duane endorse?

3. Where does Wanda find Myron to speak with him about Duane the second time?

4. Where are Myron and Win at the opening of the novel?

5. Where did Duane meet Valerie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Myron and Win feel about getting involved with the case of Valerie's death?

2. What does Senator Bradley Cross tell Myron after he gives him a check for one hundred dollars to retain him?

3. From Chapter 13-18, what questions about the murder have not yet been been answered?

4. What kind of person is Myron's mother?

5. What happens with the contract for Sandy Repo? What does Myron's handling of it tell the reader about his character?

6. After Win locates the men and the Cadillac that followed Myron, what do Myron and Win do?

7. What occurs between Win and Myron as the two work out at Master Kwon's?

8. What does the reader know of Valerie after the first five chapters of the book?

9. What kind of character is Myron? What is his education? His profession? His financial standing? His attitude?

10. Why is Myron brought to the police station by the two uniformed officers?

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