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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six and Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mary and Rowley do when a car comes towards them?
(a) Jump in the car and keep driving to find another place.
(b) Hide in the bushes with Karl's body.
(c) Push Karl's body down the hill instead of carrying it.
(d) Pretend to be locked in a passionate embrace.

2. What is Karl doing after Mary and he have sex?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Playing his violin.
(c) Sitting at Mary's feet smoking a cigarette.
(d) Chopping wood for Mary.

3. How does Rowley reassure Mary?
(a) He says he will assume the blame if something happens.
(b) He is unable to offer any reassurances.
(c) He says that all the signs point to Karl running off.
(d) He says no one would suspect a respectable, upper-class woman of being involved with a refugee.

4. What does Karl say he would like to do that night?
(a) Move to America.
(b) Die since he will never have a better night.
(c) Swim in the Arno River.
(d) Rescue his family in Nazi Germany.

5. Why does Mary think of the handgun in her purse?
(a) She becomes frightened.
(b) She feels suicidal for being so cruel to Karl.
(c) She forgot she has the handgun.
(d) She wonders if she could kill a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mary expecting shortly after receiving the telegram?

2. What changes Karl's life?

3. What does Rowley find in her purse?

4. Why does Mary think the tip she leaves will mean a great deal?

5. Who awakens Mary the next day after Karl's death?

(see the answer key)

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