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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 Guy do for a job?
(a) A chef.
(b) A construction worker.
(c) An architect.
(d) A journalist.

2. What does Anne say makes more sense when you live in Long Island?
(a) A garden.
(b) A car.
(c) A family.
(d) A maid.

3. What does Tim think is the problem with Guy?
(a) Too much coffee.
(b) The work blues.
(c) Guilt over his wife's death.
(d) Pre-wedding nerves.

4. Which of Bruno's items has a red ribbon across its lid?
(a) A box of jam pots-
(b) A box of eggs.
(c) A box of letter paper.
(d) A box on candy.

5. What does the author say has begun to paralyze Guy's thinking?
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Fear.
(d) Nerves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Miriam's new lover?

2. What did Ethel Petersen teach guy when he was a child?

3. What does Bruno say he has many ideas for?

4. In which country is Anne currently staying?

5. Who is Miriam's death attributed to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Guy cover Bruno's identity to Anne?

2. In what way is Bruno's drinking the catalyst for him killing Miriam?

3. What is Guy's first impression of Bruno?

4. What does Bruno think Miriam looks like before he sees her?

5. What are Guy's feelings for Miriam when he meets her in this section?

6. Why does the coroner finally decide Guy has nothing to do with Miriam's murder?

7. What does Guy feel about the first letter Bruno sends him?

8. How does Bruno try to persuade Guy to kill his father in chapter 20?

9. What are the main differences between Bruno and Guy?

10. How does Bruno kill Miriam?

(see the answer keys)

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