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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 did Rusty and Carolyn do while waiting for the verdict in the McGaffen trial?
(a) They went to dinner.
(b) They returned to the office.
(c) They went out for drinks.
(d) They went to a movie.

2. Telephone records show that __________________ called Carolyn on the night of her murder.
(a) Horgan.
(b) Leon.
(c) Rusty.
(d) Joey.

3. What is the nickname of the county pathologist?
(a) Dr. Death.
(b) Fingers.
(c) Painless.
(d) Formaldehyde.

4. What does Rusty notice about Carolyn while they wait for the verdict?
(a) She looks very ill.
(b) She looks very apprehensive.
(c) She is older than he thought.
(d) She is very calm and confident.

5. Wendell McGaffen had to go on the witness stand to counteract __________________ testimony against his mother.
(a) his grandmother's.
(b) his neighbor's.
(c) his aunt's.
(d) his father's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carolyn's approach to their intimate relationship sometimes seemed __________________ to Rusty.

2. What had Carolyn written on the B file?

3. Rusty recalls that Carolyn was the first to tell him that Horgan would lose the election to ____________________.

4. What did Carolyn tell Rusty when he could sense her lust for him while working late one night?

5. Raymond tells Rusty that he might be able to get him a job as a ____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sandy think about Nico Della Guardia's decision to not add a charge of obstruction of justice against Rusty?

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

3. How has the author's development of the characters up to this point affect the reader's perception as the murder trial begins?

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

5. What would lead Dr. Kumagai to believe that Carolyn's rapist was sterile?

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

7. What are the two reasons that there is a delay in getting a computerized scan of the fingerprint evidence?

8. Why was Rusty's infatuation with New Wave rock symbolic of his life at the time?

9. How is Carolyn able to connect with little Wendell McGaffen when preparing for the abuse case?

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

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