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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dickie want to do with Marge in Cortina d'Ampezzo?

2. What is a Hermes Baby?

3. Where does Marge tell Dickie she is going to?

4. What does Tom visit in Rome?

5. What does Tom think about pushing Dickie off of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom think is an average day for Dickie and Marge?

2. How does Dickie react when Tom tells him his father sent him to bring Dickie home?

3. Why is Tom frightened of water?

4. How does Tom kill Dickie?

5. Why does Carlo want two people to ride to Paris in a coffin?

6. What does Marge say in her letter to Dickie, dated January 4?

7. In what way is Tom's new cap versatile?

8. What does Tom say to the Greenleafs in the postscript?

9. How does Dickie anger Tom in Chapter 10?

10. How does Tom want to prepare for meeting the Greenleafs for dinner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How could Tom get rid of his loneliness? How does killing Dickie and Freddie make Tom even lonelier? How much has Tom's loneliness affected his mindset?

Essay Topic 2

What are the differences between Tom and Dickie? How can Tom can impersonate Dickie so well despite these differences? Why does Tom want to be Dickie so much?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Highsmith use character and setting to express her themes?

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