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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. Where does Tom hide Dickie's passport?
(a) In a drawer
(b) Inside a book
(c) The lining of his Gucci case
(d) In his his underwear

2. What is the bottom of the boat covered in?
(a) Rags
(b) Semen
(c) Beer
(d) Blood

3. What language is Tom grateful that the detective cannot speak?
(a) Spanish
(b) Italian
(c) German
(d) French

4. Who does Dickie receive a threatening letter from?
(a) Marge
(b) The police
(c) His father
(d) Freddie's father

5. What does Tom splash on the front of Freddie's shirt?
(a) Water and wine
(b) Beer and vodka
(c) Pernod and gin
(d) Beer and wine

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tom say he was with on the 2nd of February in Rome?

2. What kind of money in Freddie's wallet does Tom burn?

3. What transport does Tom use to travel to Palermo?

4. Where do the police want Dickie to return to?

5. What does Tom treat himself to in the evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom raise the police's suspicions?

2. What does Marge say in her letter to Dickie?

3. What do the police tell Tom on the phone?

4. What information does McCarron want from Tom?

5. What lies does Tom tell McCarron?

6. What does Tom read in the newspapers in Chapter 30?

7. Why does Tom love his possessions?

8. Why can Tom not tell Marge what he really thinks about the party?

9. How do the police think Freddie was murdered?

10. Why does Marge think that Dickie's signature must have changed?

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