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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. In what county does the story take place?
(a) Barrow.
(b) Lehigh.
(c) Barstow.
(d) Kindle.

2. What does Rusty learn at Carolyn's funeral that stuns him?
(a) She was older than he thought.
(b) She had a son.
(c) She didn't have a will.
(d) She had been very ill.

3. Rusty tells Lipranzer that Rusty's phone number _______________________.
(a) is on the parking garage wall.
(b) should be a private listing.
(c) has to be changed.
(d) will be listed on Carolyn's phone records.

4. Who, other than Rusty, had an affair with Carolyn?
(a) Lip.
(b) Joey.
(c) Leon.
(d) Raymond.

5. Who is Alejandro "Sandy" Stern?
(a) Lip's brother-in-law.
(b) Carolyn's ex-husband.
(c) Rusty's college buddy.
(d) Rusty's lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Carolyn end her affair with Rusty?

2. What had Carolyn written on the B file?

3. Who is the secretary for Rusty's office?

4. Wendell McGaffen had to go on the witness stand to counteract __________________ testimony against his mother.

5. Who is able to connect with the McGaffen boy and get him to talk about his abuse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the B file introduced into the novel?

2. What is the importance to the plot of Rusty's visits with his psychiatrist?

3. What information does Lip find about Leon Wells regarding his probation officer and the prosecuting attorney?

4. What quality does Rusty attach to beautiful people like his own father?

5. Describe Rusty's first encounter with Marty Polhemus at the university.

6. What is the double meaning of Rusty's telling Robinson that he was lost in his affair with Carolyn?

7. Explain Rusty's relationship with his boss, Raymond Horgan, especially as it relates to running for the District Attorney job.

8. What are the circumstances in which Tommy Molto accuses Rusty of killing Carolyn?

9. Why did Carolyn most likely want Rusty to run for District Attorney instead of Horgan?

10. What is Barbara's reaction when she learns that Rusty will be working on Carolyn's murder case?

(see the answer keys)

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