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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. Who often work from predictions and observation?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Psychics.
(c) Fortune tellers.
(d) Witches.

2. What was Whitman most afraid of before her death?
(a) Being an invalid.
(b) Being hungry.
(c) Being destitute.
(d) Being alone.

3. Who gives Butler background on Margot's juvenile delinquency?
(a) Coffey.
(b) Margot.
(c) Cathery.
(d) Macklin.

4. Who has a rap sheet with the SEC?
(a) Butler.
(b) Mallory.
(c) McCoy.
(d) Candle.

5. Who is Siddon terrified of in New York?
(a) Crooks.
(b) Business owners.
(c) Chefs.
(d) Pedestrians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes a trip to the Brooklyn Dance Academy to ask about Markowitz?

2. Who recognizes that the watch and a wedding ring belong to Louis Markowitz?

3. Who pushes Butler into becoming a partner in a new business?

4. Who is at a family barbecue when he is called to the scene when Mallory is putting Markowitz's wedding ring back on his finger?

5. What does Kaplan do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the pawnbroker call Mallory?

2. What are possible motives for Cathery to commit the murder?

3. What does Mallory notice or fail to notice as she wanders through Manhattan on her way to meet Gaynor?

4. Despite what limitations does Butler like Cathery?

5. Why is Margot unable to prove that she is related to Siddon?

6. How does Butler handle Mrs. Pickering request for help and her doubts about her mother's pet medium?

7. When Mallory tells Butler about the seance, what conclusions does he draw about people and information?

8. What is of significance to the pawnbroker about the jewelry brought in by the junkie?

9. How is Margot described in Chapter 5?

10. What does one of Butler's tenants tell him about the building and other tenants?

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