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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Markowitz' dance partner resemble?

3. What was Markowitz's office's back wall covered in before his death?

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

5. Who demands to know what Mallory was doing in Gramercy Park?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mallory described in the book?

2. Why is Butler's presence at poker important?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Butler do at Markowitz' funeral that shocks everyone?

8. How is Margot described in Chapter 5?

9. Why is Butler able to relate to Cathery?

10. How do Kaplan and Mallory interact at the crime scene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Edith and Gaylor are two intriguing characters involved with seances.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Edith had a direct influence upon? What are some events that Gaylor had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the seance group? Which one is stronger and why?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Mallory's motivation and reasons for paying close attention to the seances. What do they reveal about the murderer?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the detecting techniques of the four sleuths of Mallory, Coffey, Riker, and Butler; cover how they each approach the murder and whether their intuitions were correct. Who actually solves the murders and how?

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