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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 Tom convince the detective Dickie was despondent about?
(a) His family
(b) His lack of talent as a painter
(c) His lack of money
(d) His relationship with Marge

2. What does Tom remember about Dickie?
(a) His laugh
(b) His smile
(c) His feet
(d) His eyes

3. Where do the police want Dickie to return to?
(a) Rome
(b) London
(c) Paris
(d) New York

4. Who does Tom write to at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Marge
(b) Mrs. Greenleaf
(c) Mr. Greenleaf
(d) His aunt

5. What is Tom working on when the police arrive?
(a) An essay
(b) A letter
(c) A painting
(d) A book

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tom's middle name?

2. What does Marge drink at the cocktail party?

3. What does Mrs. Cartwright tell stories about?

4. Who does one of the Franchetti brothers jokingly suggest Dickie's traded his passport with?

5. What part of Italy is Palermo in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does it frighten Tom that he has to go to Naples to verify Tom's signature in person?

2. How does Mr. Greeleaf react when Marge tells him about Dickie's rings?

3. How does Tom try to hide that Freddie is dead when he takes him outside?

4. How is being Dickie different from what Tom expected?

5. How does Tom fake Dickie's will?

6. How do the police think Freddie was murdered?

7. What does Tom tell Mr. Greenleaf about Dickie's murder?

8. What does the countess tell Tom in Chapter 29?

9. What does Mr. Greenleaf write in his letter to Tom?

10. How does Tom exaggerate the Tom Ripley persona?

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