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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Tom's friend, Bob, been questioning everyone about?
(a) A bank robbery
(b) Forged checks
(c) Tax fraud
(d) Tom's disappearance

2. What kind of mood does Tom think Marge is in?
(a) Unstable
(b) Bad
(c) Depressed
(d) Giddy

3. What kind of transport do Tom and Marge use to get back to Tom's palazzo?
(a) A gondola
(b) A car
(c) A bus
(d) A scooter

4. Who does Dickie receive a long letter from?
(a) Tom
(b) His father
(c) Marge
(d) Freddie

5. What does Mr. Greenleaf say the Italian police are as useless as?
(a) Old women
(b) Cripples
(c) Old men
(d) Young children

6. What does Tom decide to forge?
(a) Dickie's will
(b) Dickie's credit card
(c) Dickie's life insurance
(d) Dickie's monthly checks

7. Whose whereabouts do the police want to know about?
(a) Van Houston's
(b) Dickie's
(c) Tom's
(d) Marge's

8. What does Tom hope Marge will forget?
(a) Dickie
(b) Her need for revenge
(c) Her purse
(d) The cocktail party

9. Who does Tom receive a letter from in this chapter?
(a) Phone companies
(b) Post offices
(c) Ex lovers
(d) Banks

10. Who does Tom receive a letter from when he arrives in Athens?
(a) Mr. Greenleaf
(b) His aunt
(c) His mother
(d) Marge

11. What country is Peter Smith-Kingsley from?
(a) USA
(b) Australia
(c) Britain
(d) Ireland

12. What does Tom steal from Freddie?
(a) His rings
(b) His wallet
(c) His watch
(d) His clothes

13. What does Marge drink at the cocktail party?
(a) Martinis
(b) Whiskeys
(c) Beers
(d) Vodkas

14. What does Tom cover Freddie's bloody head with?
(a) A hat
(b) A curtain
(c) A sweater
(d) A scarf

15. Who does one of the Franchetti brothers jokingly suggest Dickie's traded his passport with?
(a) A businessman
(b) An artist
(c) A musician
(d) A fisherman

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Marge and Tom meet for dinner?

2. What part of Italy does Tom think Dickie may be hiding in?

3. What does Tom buy at 8 am?

4. Where does Tom spend five days wandering around?

5. What language is Tom grateful that the detective cannot speak?

(see the answer keys)

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