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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy find when he examines Frederick's bedroom?

2. What frightens Billy at the hotel window at night, when he and Annabel are talking?

3. Who calls from the downstairs desk in the hotel, asking for Annabel?

4. At the inquest, what are Annabel's last words about Frederick?

5. What does Billy speak to Annabel about in the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Annabel talked to Luigi about the girl in the hospital. The girl said that she was in love with Frederick. Then Annabel added that with so many girls after him, Frederick was driven to suicide, and In the end it pushed him over the edge. Luigi asked her what she was going to say at the inquest. How did Annabel respond?

2. Annabel was at the airport, waiting for the plane to Greece. With anonymity, she had bought a ticket and prepared to board a plane. How is it possible to feel free and unfree?

3. Luigi spoke of Frederick's note to his mother. He said, as did Billy,that letters to mothers were eaten up by the public and it would have finished Annabel's career. It certainly would have destroyed her public image. Anabel said that she was hungry and Luigi said that she shouldn't be tempted. was he talking about what she eats?

4. Annabel still lies in bed, thinking that she would have to tell Frederick not to speak of the party, no one would believe there had been a party if they both denied it. How was she dealing with the fact of Fredericks death?

5. What causes Billy to freak out when he sees something go by Annabel's hotel window at night?

6. Marina told Annabel a reporter contacted her to pay for her love story with Frederick but she turned him down. He wanted to know if Marina was near the Church when Frederick was chased by ladies. How did Marina respond when Annabel asked whether she really thought Frederick was crazy?

7. When the phone rang insistently in Annabel's room, despite instructions to hold calls, Billy answered it and said the police were downstairs. What would the police want?

8. Tom called Annabel before he saw her, to discuss the notes which Billy had called him about the night before. He said that Billy wanted a huge sum of money or he would reveal the contents. How did Tom respond to Annable's question of what would happen to her if she didn't pay?

9. When Annabel and Luigi and Billy had dinner together, Luigi didn't see any reason for her lawyer to come but Billy thought it was very important. Do we find out why?

10. How long has Frederick's mother been dead and why write to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Annabel makes a surprising decision at the end of the book. What do you think is her reason? What do you see as her future and why? Do you have any particular emotion at the decision she has made and if so, why?

Essay Topic 2

Frederick is obsessed with threatening to leave Annabel, but he doesn't leave. What is the significance of the threats? How do his threats impact on his and Annabel's lives? Could his threats be viewed as a sword over Annabel's head. Discuss.

Essay Topic 3

When Frederick commits suicide, Annabel denies his suicide and turns it into accidental death. His motives and hers, impact on her career. As regards Annabel's actions, is this a case of the end justifying the means?

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