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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Pantaleon inform Carriscant?
(a) Carriscant is expected to pilot the plane.
(b) Carriscant has to find another engine.
(c) Pantaleon has found a co-pilot.
(d) Pantaleon is moving to Europe.

2. For how many murders is Carriscant arrested?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

3. Why does Kay dismiss Delphine's confession?
(a) Delphine could not have gotten the jump on a professional soldier.
(b) It does not fit with the story.
(c) It is the delusions of a dying woman who would have liked to kill him.
(d) Kay believes Delphine.

4. How does Carriscant learn about Kay?
(a) From her uncle.
(b) Annaliese's father visits him in prison.
(c) Annaliese writes him in prison.
(d) The birth records at the hospital.

5. Why do Kay and Carriscant go around to sweet shops?
(a) To find a particular sweet Kay likes.
(b) To find a special chocolate to send Annaliese.
(c) To see if Delphine still works for one.
(d) To find one that sells a particular sweet Delphine likes.

6. About what do Kay and Carriscant chat at the end of the story?
(a) Annaliese.
(b) Delphine's impending death.
(c) Carriscant's current wife and children.
(d) Their relationship.

7. What does Carriscant do when he loses his temper over Cruz's taunting?
(a) Throttles Weiland.
(b) Throttles Cruz.
(c) Smashes Cruz in the face with his fist.
(d) Quite his job.

8. What does Cruz show Carriscant one day in the operating room?
(a) How to suture a lung.
(b) How the heart keeps beating even after being removed.
(c) How a patient does not feel pain if the cuts are clean.
(d) Sutures in a patient's heart muscles.

9. Why does Carriscant contact people in the black market after talking with Delphine?
(a) To put out a contract on Delphine's husband.
(b) To find a way for them to flee the country.
(c) To see if Delphine can get out of the country.
(d) To find someone to perform an abortion.

10. What does Carriscant tell Sieverance?
(a) Delphine will be fine.
(b) Delphine died of a miscarriage.
(c) Delphine needs to go to Europe for better medical care.
(d) Delphine was unfaithful to him.

11. What is Carriscant's request to Annaliese's request?
(a) He wants her to give more thought to it.
(b) He agrees.
(c) He wants to think about it.
(d) He says no.

12. What does Carriscant think about Annaliese when he contemplates her over New Year's?
(a) He could grow to love her again.
(b) He still loves her.
(c) She is frigid.
(d) His complete lack of any feelings for her.

13. Who does Carriscant say he thinks was the murderer?
(a) Cruz.
(b) Sieverance.
(c) Bobby.
(d) He has no idea.

14. Why does Pantaleon want to buy on the black market?
(a) So his competitors will not know what he is building.
(b) It is cheaper, even though he still has to pay taxes on it.
(c) It is illegal to privately own certain securities.
(d) He cannot find what he wants in the regular market.

15. Who is the third murder victim?
(a) A teenage girl.
(b) A Philippine pregnant woman.
(c) A young boy.
(d) An elderly Philippine man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Panteleon and Carriscant take off in the plane?

2. What does Carriscant travel to Luneta?

3. What does Carriscant recognize about the patient?

4. What do Carriscant and Delphine do in his office?

5. What happens to Carriscant's Chinese patient?

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