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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. How did Carolyn end her affair with Rusty?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Lingeringly.
(c) Uncertainly.
(d) Angrily.

2. Dan Lipranzer suggests that Carolyn may have let ______________________ into her apartment.
(a) an ex-boyfriend.
(b) a man she prosecuted for rape.
(c) her ex-husband.
(d) her neighbor.

3. At the time of Noel's arrest, hundreds of gays were being arrested for indecency in a place called __________________.
(a) Roberto's.
(b) The Public Forest.
(c) Victor's.
(d) The Pink Giraffe.

4. Who is Raymond Horgan?
(a) Rusty's boss.
(b) Rusty's brother-in-law.
(c) Rusty's squash buddy.
(d) Rusty's neighbor.

5. An unsigned letter in the B file in Carolyn's office states that someone the writer calls Noel was arrested for ________________________.
(a) kidnapping.
(b) robbery.
(c) something very embarrassing.
(d) fraud.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rusty's love for Carolyn was seldom ___________________.

2. Molto says that ________________ may have obstructed justice in Carolyn's case.

3. Who mistreated the McGaffen boy at home?

4. What does Horgan tell Rusty at the election party?

5. Which of the following is NOT among the evidence used to try Rusty for Carolyn's murder?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the author try to create some sympathy for Rusty's character regarding his stagnant marriage and his attraction to Carolyn?

4. How are the typical roles in a sexual relationship reversed with Rusty and Carolyn and what does that say about their personalities?

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

6. Who wins the District Attorney election and what does Horgan tell Rusty at his election day party?

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

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

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

10. What crime scene evidence is revealed in Chapter 2?

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