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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. Where does Samantha's heir meet Coffey and Riker?
(a) At the juke box.
(b) At the police station.
(c) At the bar.
(d) At the underground tavern.

2. Where was Cathery when he turned 21 and received his trust fund?
(a) The school.
(b) The prison.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The detention center.

3. Who accepts Markowitz's inheritance?
(a) Butler.
(b) Mallory.
(c) Coffey.
(d) Kaplan.

4. Where does Mallory go to the séance?
(a) Helen's place.
(b) Ortega's place.
(c) Margot's place.
(d) Redwing's place.

5. Who is able to read Mallory and tell her personal history like a medium?
(a) Helen.
(b) Edith.
(c) McCoy.
(d) Ortega.

Short Answer Questions

1. What detail about Samantha does Margot fail to know the answer to when questioned by attorneys?

2. From what school does a man look at Mallory but change direction knowing that she will not give any money to the cause?

3. Who is the police chief that arrives to talk to Coffey about Louis Markowitz?

4. Who can Mallory beat to the campus if she takes the subway?

5. Who realizes that she lost her keys and cannot get into her apartment in her stress about the inheritance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the photographer think Siddon committed suicide?

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

3. How is Siddon described in Chapter 4?

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

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

6. Why is Butler able to relate to Cathery?

7. How was Mallory adopted by the Markowitz family?

8. How is Margot described in Chapter 5?

9. When Margot cannot get into her apartment, how does she reveal her desperation in her subsequent acts?

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

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