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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 was Anne afraid of during the whole operation of their scam?
(a) Going to jail.
(b) Getting her accent correct.
(c) Someone recognizing her.
(d) Not being able to sell the paintings.

2. What does Willow suggest they do about the "ransom"?
(a) Let the other art dealers handle it.
(b) Ignore it.
(c) Wait to see what the police say.
(d) Have a meeting of the art dealers.

3. How does Samantha feel about Lord Cardwell as she dines with him?
(a) She finds him sweet.
(b) She finds him annoying.
(c) She likes him.
(d) She thinks he is arrogant.

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

5. Why doesn't Louis Broom actually work on Wednesdays?
(a) No bosses are in the office on Wednesdays.
(b) No art critic articles go in Wednesday papers.
(c) His editors always change the story topic on Thursdays.
(d) The paper is in print on Wednesdays.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Mitch and Anne to sell all of the paintings?

2. Who claims the Van Gogh is a forgery after seeing it?

3. Under what pretense does Anne claim that she has the masterpiece painting?

4. Why are Anne and Mitch richly dressed at the Hilton?

5. When was the chateau built?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Julian discover about his Modigliani and what does he first plan on doing about it? How is that plan obstructed? What is his second plan? How is that obstructed? What is his third plan?

2. Who is Gaston Moore and how does he fit into the whole scheme of things in regards to the paintings?

3. How does the transaction with Crowforth go and then all of the subsequent transactions even though the reader is not given the details?

4. Why does Louis Broom decide not to tell his editor about the phone call he receives concerning the forgeries and what does he do instead?

5. How does Lipsey discover that Dee and Mike had not yet made it to Poglio?

6. How does Mike get hold of the real Modigliani?

7. How had Julian changed since the last time that Samantha had seen him now that he is ready to open his gallery?

8. How does Mike scam Julian and Lipsey in regard to the painting?

9. What set-up does Mitch ask of the manager of the bank where he deposits the money from the paintings?

10. What does Lipsey find at the chateau that Mike sends him to?

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