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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Mary and Colin act towards one another as they approach their destination?
(a) They speak softly to each other.
(b) They hold hands.
(c) They do not look at one another.
(d) They begin kissing.

2. Why does Colin play "Ha Ha Ha" on the jukebox?
(a) He enjoyed hearing the song during his last visit.
(b) He wants to impress Robert.
(c) He knows the bar's patrons enjoy it.
(d) It is the only song he recognizes the name of.

3. What prevents Mary from saving Colin's life?
(a) Mary believes Colin would have wanted to die this way.
(b) Caroline has tied Mary to a chair.
(c) The drug that Caroline put in Mary's tea makes her fall asleep.
(d) Robert restrains Mary.

4. Why does Caroline suddenly become still as soon as she begins laughing?
(a) She realizes she has offended Mary.
(b) Robert walks into the room.
(c) She realizes Mary is not also laughing.
(d) Because of her back injury, laughing is painful for her.

5. Why does Mary awaken with a shout early one morning?
(a) She realizes what has been bothering her.
(b) She remembers a traumatic event.
(c) She has a horrific nightmare.
(d) She realizes she no longer loves Colin.

6. What does Robert use to critically injury Colin?
(a) One of his father's razors
(b) A gun
(c) A kitchen knife
(d) One of his father's knives

7. Why do Mary and Colin abandon the spot they initially choose to set up on at the beach?
(a) A family claims it is their regular location.
(b) They are bothered by a group of overzealous teenagers.
(c) They do not have enough privacy.
(d) A father and son tell them they already have taken the spot.

8. What does Colin find unusual about Caroline?
(a) Despite being trapped in her home she seems quite free.
(b) Despite being in pain she seems to be content.
(c) Despite being in love with Robert she seems to be attracted to Colin.
(d) Despite seeming quite meek she has feminist beliefs about marriage.

9. Where did Mary work for many years?
(a) In an art gallery
(b) In the movie industry
(c) In a woman's theatre group
(d) In a men's theatre group

10. How do the Italian police seem to categorize Colin's murder?
(a) As deserved
(b) As extremely uncommon
(c) As fairly common
(d) As gruesome

11. What does Robert maintain hold of as he and Colin walk through the gallery?
(a) One of his father's razors
(b) Caroline's hand
(c) Colin's hand
(d) Colin's elbow

12. What does Robert focus on as he gives Colin a tour of his gallery?
(a) Where he and Caroline purchased the items in the gallery
(b) The relationship between the men in his family and the items in the gallery
(c) The cost of each item in the gallery
(d) The historical significance of each item in the gallery

13. What does Mary intend to tell Colin, but does not (as she sits with his body in the morgue)?
(a) How and why he was killed
(b) Where Robert and Caroline go after the murder
(c) How much she loved him
(d) Why she did not save his life

14. What does Colin notice has changed in Robert's bar since his earlier visit?
(a) The atmosphere is less smoky.
(b) The jukebox is no longer there.
(c) Very little has changed.
(d) There is different music playing on the jukebox.

15. What delights Mary the most about swimming in the ocean?
(a) Its salinity.
(b) Its depth.
(c) Its spaciousness.
(d) Its warmth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Colin initially react when Caroline and Robert begin making sexual advances towards him?

2. Why does Colin insist on leaving the apartment with Mary?

3. In Colin's opinion, what is the mark of a successful vacation?

4. Who does Robert insist on toasting to during dinner?

5. What does Robert believe all women want?

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