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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anne do when she gets into the taxi after she sells the painting?
(a) She laughs wildly.
(b) She vomits.
(c) She does not say a word.
(d) She sobs.

2. What does Lipsey decide that he must do first in his investigation?
(a) Go to hotels in search of where Dee is staying.
(b) Knock on doors to find Dee.
(c) Look for the painting.
(d) Visit the police station.

3. What does Julian notice on the wall of Samantha's house?
(a) A postcard from Paris.
(b) A picture of a Modigliani.
(c) A postcard from Livorno.
(d) A picture of his wife and another man.

4. How does the baker look at the girl who comes in for fresh bread in the opening of the story?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Lustfully.
(c) Hauntingly.
(d) Suspiciously.

5. At the apartment in Livorno, what is Lipsey told about Dee?
(a) She stayed a week and left alone.
(b) She stayed one night and left with a man.
(c) She stayed one night and left alone.
(d) She stayed three nights and left with a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a city is Livorno?

2. Who is Anita to Samantha?

3. What does Lipsey tell Dee and Mike when they ask to see the picture of his daughter?

4. What does Mad Mitch respond when Peter asks him what he thinks of his painting?

5. Who is Julian's father-in-law?

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