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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 does Lionel Kenneally tell Rusty when he meets him at the tavern?
(a) Carolyn had an affair with Larren Lyttle.
(b) The missing glass has been found.
(c) He is leaving the department.
(d) Carolyn was about to be fired.

2. In court, Sandy mentions that he had once fired _________________, which causes an uproar.
(a) Rusty.
(b) Carolyn Polhemus.
(c) Tommy Molto.
(d) Della Guardia.

3. Why does Rusty not want Barbara to testify in court?
(a) He doesn't want to put her through it.
(b) He thinks she will turn on him.
(c) He thinks she will get flustered.
(d) He doesn't want her reputation ruined.

4. Horgan states that Rusty never said that ________________________.
(a) Carolyn was slacking off in her job.
(b) his case load was too high.
(c) he needed some time off for a personal matter.
(d) he was involved with Carolyn too.

5. Who is the maid from Carolyn's neighborhood who cannot recall which Tuesday night she saw Rusty?
(a) Maggie Bowman.
(b) Maybell Beatrice.
(c) Madge Benson.
(d) Margaret Beaulieu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under the adversity of Rusty's trial, his relationship with Barbara _________________________.

2. What nationality was Rusty's father?

3. Barbara tells Rusty that she has taken a teaching job in ___________________.

4. At the end of Chapter 31, Lip arranges to meet Rusty and they discuss how Lip might find ___________________.

5. What question does Molto ask of Rusty's psychiatrist, Miles Robinson, when he is on the stand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sandy say about Rusty in the judge's chambers about someone framing Rusty and why does he take that chance?

2. What is the significance of Rusty's dream about his mother in Chapter 25?

3. Who does Rusty recognize as the person who anonymously calls his house once a week and what favor does Rusty ask of him?

4. What does Rusty recall about washing the murder weapon and how does Barbara behave to let the reader know that she is the murderer?

5. Describe the encounter between Rusty and Della Guardia several weeks after the trial?

6. What important piece of information about Horgan does Rusty withhold from Sandy?

7. Why does Della Guardia want Molto to testify in the case? What does Dr. Robinson say regarding Rusty's ever confessing murder to him?

8. How have innocence and simplicity leave the life of Rusty and his family?

9. What kindness does Marty Polhemus show to Rusty which, had he not, would have had bad consequences for him?

10. What does Lionel Kenneally tell Rusty that connects Larren Lyttle to Carolyn and Tommy Molto?

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