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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kay think started Philip on the road to his alcoholism?
(a) Losing his fortune in the stock market crash of 1929.
(b) The death of his son.
(c) Losing his father and older brother in a mining accident.
(d) Flunking out of MIT.

2. What does Kay's lawyer say about her house?
(a) He has obtained a good price for it.
(b) The sale fell through.
(c) No one will buy it until it is completed.
(d) There is a second buyer, so he may get a better price.

3. What has Carriscant researched?
(a) Kay's real birth certificate.
(b) Bobby activity in the States.
(c) Applying for a visa for Portugal.
(d) Photograph he showed Kay earlier.

4. What is Kay's stipulation for her going with Carriscant?
(a) He will not tell everyone he's her father.
(b) They will have separate berths.
(c) He will tell her everything.
(d) He will spend time with her.

5. Where does Kay's mother say Kay was born?
(a) Borneo.
(b) New Guinea.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Somoa.

6. From what country is Annaliese's father?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) Italy.

7. What does Salvador Carriscant claim?
(a) That he knows where Eric Meyersen is hiding.
(b) To be Kay's biological father.
(c) To be Brockman's attorney.
(d) That he can make her business flourish.

8. What is the year when the novel opens?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1919.

9. What nationality is Carriscant's mother?
(a) Philippino.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Scottish.

10. What does Philip say about Kay since they divorced?
(a) She has become weepy.
(b) She has gained weight.
(c) She has gotten hard.
(d) She has ignored his family.

11. For how long does Carriscant say he was married to Annaliese?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 years.

12. Why is Kay wanting to sell her house?
(a) She has never liked it.
(b) It reminds her too much of her ex-husband.
(c) She wants to move to Maine.
(d) To avoid complete financial collapse.

13. What does Carriscant notice about Ward?
(a) Ward is not old enough to be in the military.
(b) Ward's heart has been severely wounded.
(c) Ward's brain is gone.
(d) Ward is unwilling to talk to any adult.

14. What does the buyer plan to do?
(a) Build condos on the land.
(b) Leave it in its unfinished state.
(c) Resell the house as quickly as possible.
(d) Build the house again and call it his design.

15. What food does Carriscant say he likes?
(a) Squid.
(b) Fish.
(c) Steak.
(d) Lobster.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Coleman Brockway die?

2. Why is the location of Ward's body questioned?

3. During what time does the United States colonize the Philippine Islands?

4. What does Kay do for Philip?

5. Where does Kay have lunch with her mother?

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