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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 did Redwing supply information to?
(a) The Lawyer.
(b) The Police Officer.
(c) The Director.
(d) The German.

2. Since Gaynor is dead, who will be most likely convicted of the murder and theft crimes?
(a) Edith.
(b) Coffey.
(c) Mallory.
(d) Banning.

3. Who is in Mallory's apartment that describes who the killer was and why while parts of the board jump up?
(a) McCoy.
(b) Mallory.
(c) Schuster.
(d) Markowitz.

4. In the cryptic conversation with the mystery caller contacted by Evenroe, who was cast out of town?
(a) A young girl.
(b) An old woman.
(c) An old man.
(d) A young boy.

5. Who shoots Gaynor while being protected by a vest?
(a) Mallory.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Butler.
(d) Coffey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reveals a strong attraction and competition with Mallory throughout the novel?

2. Who knows Redwing's new location but will not tell Mallory?

3. Who sheds fake tears for Coffey and the District Attorney?

4. Who does Butler want to find in the photograph on Edith's mantel?

5. To whom does Mallory finally say goodbye on the street?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margot alarm a customer at a thrift store?

2. How does Butler meet Fanny Evenroe and what do they discuss?

3. Why is Redwing such a serious threat according to Edith and others?

4. When Butler goes to Edith's house, how does he determine changes that help him as clues to the investigation?

5. What does Mallory regret about Markowitz at the end of the novel?

6. What does Redwing insist that Mallory drink and why?

7. When Butler wakes up in the hospital, why is he confused?

8. When Mallory realizes she has been drugged, how does she get help?

9. What is Redwing charged with when Mallory's associates round her up from her apartment?

10. After Gaynor's death, where is the blame for the murders going?

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