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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 Mitch take with him when he leaves the bank?
(a) A deposit box key.
(b) A phone number.
(c) An envelope.
(d) Cash.

2. Who gives Julian directions to the bungalow in Dorset village?
(a) A cowhand.
(b) A shopkeeper.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A peasant woman.

3. What does Cardwell tell Samantha about his wealth?
(a) He inherited at twenty-one then invested in businesses.
(b) He inherited but lost it in the stock market crash then made it back again.
(c) He earned his money slowly but surely.
(d) He started out poor and made some small but good investments.

4. What reason does Peter give to the newspaper for the forgeries?
(a) To disgrace the dead artists.
(b) To prove that the art dealers of London only care about money.
(c) To make money.
(d) To draw attention to real live artists.

5. Where does Peter put the paintings after he takes them out of the van?
(a) In Mitch's car.
(b) In another van.
(c) In Anne's car.
(d) In a taxi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the bungalow that Julian goes to in Dorset village?

2. How many paintings does Peter load into the van?

3. Who is Mike?

4. Where do the art dealers meet?

5. What does Julian tell Samantha at dinner about a painting?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the search for the Modigliani bring Dee and Mike closer together?

2. Who next comes to visit the priest in Poglio? What information is he looking for and what does the priest tell him?

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. What is Louis' hand in the story of the forgeries once he has the professor identify the painting as such?

8. Why does the priest lie to Mike and Dee about the Danielli family?

9. 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?

10. What is the set-up for selling the forgeries?

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