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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. What does Hendricks say he would have done to Joyce if she had lived?
(a) Married her.
(b) Used her to get at Conway.
(c) Run her out of town.
(d) Prosecuted her to the hilt.

2. What does Lou call Amy's death?
(a) Accidental.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Natural.
(d) Murder.

3. What game does Bob ask Lou to play with him?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Chess.
(c) Billiards.
(d) Poker.

4. What does Lou say the politicians are?
(a) Policeman.
(b) Crooks.
(c) Civilians.
(d) Preachers.

5. What does Rothman say was stolen from one of his carpenters?
(a) His gun.
(b) His wallet.
(c) His stetson.
(d) His car tires.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of insect strikes lightly against Lou's window screen?

2. In what city did Smith go to university?

3. Who do Amy and Lou watch working out?

4. How does Lou describe Smith's eyes?

5. Where does the bum say he spent a year stretch?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Hendricks and his secretary react when Lou starts speaking in cliches?

2. What does Lou say about writers when they reach a highpoint in the story?

3. What does Lou say he does with Amy in the two weeks before he kills her?

4. How does Lou get Conway into his car?

5. How does Lou talk to the doctor when he first arrives at his house?

6. What does Lou say he knows about John Smith?

7. What is the story Lou tells about he jeweler?

8. Why does Hendricks phone Lou in Chapter 12?

9. How does Lou prepare to kill Amy?

10. What does Lou overhear Bob and Jeff saying?

(see the answer keys)

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