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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 is the subject of the painting of the contest between Peter and Mad Mitch?
(a) A gravedigger.
(b) A peasant.
(c) A field of flowers.
(d) A dog.

2. What is Lampeth's business with Lipsey?
(a) Smuggling of art.
(b) Black market art.
(c) Detective work to find a painting.
(d) Detective work to find a missing family member.

3. What does Julian notice on the wall of Samantha's house?
(a) A picture of a Modigliani.
(b) A postcard from Livorno.
(c) A postcard from Paris.
(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) Suspiciously.
(b) Lustfully.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Hauntingly.

5. Where is Dee in the opening of "Part II, Chapter 1"?
(a) On a train in Italy.
(b) On a bus in Spain.
(c) In a cab in London.
(d) On a bike in Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dee wear a shirt under her sleeveless dress to the church?

2. What does Dee ask the proprietor to tell her?

3. Why doesn't Mad Mitch paint for a living?

4. What is the name of the movie that Samantha is interested in doing?

5. Who has Mad Mitch found to back his and Peter's scam?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose names does Mitch use to set up the bank accounts he and Peter will need? Why does he choose these names?

2. What point does Samantha attempt to make about the movies she has made and the movies that she wants to make?

3. How does Joe feel about the news that Samantha is leaving film, and what does he do about it?

4. Who are Charles Lampeth and Lord Cardwell? What is their relationship to each other?

5. How is mystery set up almost immediately?

6. Why does Julian head to Samantha's house after he speaks with his father-in-law about money?

7. Why does Julian steal and sell his wife's car?

8. Why does Julian blame his wife, Sarah, for his impotency?

9. The opening of Julian's gallery is much tougher than he expected. How is Julian in need before he even opens the doors and what does he do about it? How does he fare in his quest?

10. What will Anne's role be in the forgery scam?

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