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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 will be mostly done by the time Mallory returns from her trip?
(a) The trial.
(b) The fight.
(c) The crime.
(d) The will.

2. Who ultimately kills Gaynor?
(a) Edith.
(b) Mallory.
(c) Coffey.
(d) Butler.

3. Who gets shot in Edith's apartment in the struggle with the killer?
(a) Coffey.
(b) Markowitz.
(c) Gaynor.
(d) Butler.

4. Who jumps to the conclusion that Coffey has given into a conspiracy theory regarding the old women, threatening letters, and demands for money?
(a) Mallory.
(b) Markowitz.
(c) Riker.
(d) Ortega.

5. Who comes to visit the patient in the hospital suffering from amnesia?
(a) Ortega.
(b) Kaplan.
(c) Butler.
(d) Coffey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who/what does Evenroe have ties to?

2. What does Mallory consider is good enough to do by the end of the novel?

3. In the cryptic conversation with the mystery caller contacted by Evenroe, who ran away?

4. Who will be going on a long cruise according to Mallory?

5. Since Gaynor is dead, who will be most likely convicted of the murder and theft crimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Redwing never prosecuted prior to the Markowitz case?

2. How is Mallory's relationship with Butler different from that of other men?

3. Why does Mallory shed fake tears for Coffey and the DA?

4. What is unusual about the puppy at Redwing's feet in the park?

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

6. When Butler realizes how powerful Edith is, what does he blame her for?

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

8. Why is there a cop outside Margot's window?

9. What does Mallory believe will be over when she returns from her trip?

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

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