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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 picture do Paula and Richard sit in front of?
(a) The Bacon picture.
(b) The Van Gogh picture.
(c) The Peake picture.
(d) The Bronzino picture.

2. What does Mary put the raspberries in?
(a) A box.
(b) A basket.
(c) A plastic container.
(d) A bowl.

3. What do Pierce and Ducane lie on?
(a) A piece of driftwood.
(b) A shelf.
(c) A table.
(d) A chimney.

4. Who gets married at the end of the book?
(a) Theo and Kate.
(b) Paula and Richard.
(c) Mary and Ducane.
(d) Pierce and Barbara.

5. What does Octavian not tell his wife about?
(a) His drinking problem.
(b) His gambling problem.
(c) His late nights with his secretary.
(d) His child by another woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ducane say he wants?

2. What does Ducane tell Paula to try and find?

3. What does Ducane toss at Mary?

4. What American city does Eric want to live in?

5. Who is Octavian say he is sexually jealous of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Radeecy write in his suicide note?

2. What does Eric write in his letter to Pala?

3. What does Mary think about on the boat?

4. Why do Octavian and Kate decide to forgive Ducane?

5. What does Willy tell Mary in this chapter?

6. Why does Ducane think the sender sent Kate Jessica's letter?

7. Describe the vault.

8. What does Jessica think about when she looks into the long mirror?

9. How do Pierce and Ducane get themselves above the tideline?

10. Why does McGrath say the room smells so bad?

(see the answer keys)

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