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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. How does Lipsey get the landlord to let him into Dee's apartment?
(a) He claims to be her father.
(b) He claims to be her cousin.
(c) He claims to be an interior decorator.
(d) He claims to be a delivery man.

2. What part does Anne play in the scam?
(a) She is giving the men food and drink.
(b) She is watching for any visitors.
(c) She is writing letters.
(d) She is coaching Peter and Mitch.

3. What does Julian decide to do in order to get the cash he needs to travel?
(a) Rob a bank.
(b) Forge one of his wife's checks.
(c) Sell his wife's car.
(d) Sell his wife's jewelry.

4. Why does Lipsey choose an inexpensive hotel room to stay in during his investigation?
(a) It is part of his camoflouge.
(b) It is his style.
(c) He can't afford an expensive one.
(d) He thinks that he might learn something there.

5. What issue is Samantha having with accepting the part for the movie?
(a) It has no message.
(b) There is a nude scene.
(c) She does not care for the director.
(d) She is not interested in comedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the gallery that Julian is opening?

2. Where does Julian find his father-in-law when he goes to request more money?

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

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

5. What does Julian decide that he needs in order to secure his future?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lecture does Peter give his art students and why?

2. Why does Peter Usher become so upset with Charles Lampeth at the reception?

3. How does the novel open? What characters are introduced? Where are they? Why are they there? What set-up is given right away about Dee and her future?

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

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

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

7. How does Lipsey make his way into Dee's apartment?

8. What does Julian find when he returns home from selling Sarah's car, and how does he use it to his advantage?

9. Why does Peter go to work at Meunier's?

10. What contest do Peter and Mitch have and why? What comes out of the contest?

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