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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 does Nikki respond to her mother's death initially?
(a) She is in denial, and stays with the corpse.
(b) She is in shock, and displays no emotion.
(c) She does not show much emotion because she and her mother had not been close.
(d) She is overwhelmed with emotion, and has a nervous breakdown.

2. Why does Sabbath think that Nikki committed suicide?
(a) Because she talked about killing herself a lot before she disappeared.
(b) Because she was depressed before her disappearance.
(c) Because the character she played committed suicide.
(d) Because her wounds appeared to be self-inflicted to Sabbath, despite the ruling that it was a murder.

3. What happened when Scott Lewis got a prostitute for Drenka?
(a) Drenka was unhappy, and the prostitute was angry.
(b) Drenka was happy, but the prostitute was not.
(c) All three of them enjoyed themselves.
(d) Scott was angry, and Drenka was crying.

4. What did the woman in the house next to what Sabbath thought might be Nikki's, tell Sabbath?
(a) That Nikki left because Sabbath drank too much.
(b) That Nikki left because Sabbath beat her.
(c) That she did not know who Nikki was.
(d) That Nikki used to live next to her, but disappeared.

5. What did Linc think had happened to Nikki?
(a) That she left to be with someone else.
(b) That she ran home to her family.
(c) That she was abducted by a jealous lover.
(d) That she vanished to kill herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sabbath blame for his inability to express his love for Drenka?

2. Why do the embalmers get impatient with Nikki after her mother's death?

3. Why does Sabbath only visit Drenka's grave at night?

4. Which of the following is the ultimatum issued to Sabbath?

5. In Part 4, what does Sabbath think that his mother's spirit is encouraging him to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused Matija to end his encounter with Sabbath abruptly, but politely?

2. How does Sabbath make the decision to leave Roseanna?

3. What happened at Sabbath's trial?

4. Why does Sabbath live off of Roseanna's salary?

5. How did Sabbath meet Christa?

6. What torments Sabbath after Drenka's death?

7. Why was Drenka initially attracted to her husband, Matija?

8. What ultimatum is issued at the beginning of Part 1?

9. Why is Drenka unable to discuss Matthew's career with Matija?

10. Why does Norman Cowan call Sabbath at the beginning of Part 3?

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