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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. About what is Rowley concerned?
(a) That someone might accuse him of killing Karl in a jealous rage.
(b) That the gun can be traced.
(c) That Mary will break down and admit her part.
(d) He is confident and unconcerned.

2. Why doesn't Mary think it would be wise to call the police?
(a) Because Nina had come and said she heard a bang.
(b) She is afraid that they will arrest her right away.
(c) She thinks she should call the police.
(d) She is not a citizen of that country.

3. About whom does the conversation turn to?
(a) Lord Seafair.
(b) Karl.
(c) Mary.
(d) Edgar.

4. Who awakens Mary the next day after Karl's death?
(a) Nina.
(b) Rowley.
(c) Edgar.
(d) She wakes on her own.

5. Where is Mary supposed to be at one o'clock?
(a) To meet with her lawyer in Florence.
(b) The Princess' villa.
(c) To have lunch with Rowley.
(d) Villa Bolognese.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mary when she receives a telegram?

2. Why does Rowley wish they had left the gun with Karl?

3. Who is Mary relieved to find at the social function at the Villa Bolognese?

4. What does Rowley say about the gun?

5. What does Karl do after laying Mary on the bed and kissing her repeatedly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary feel about what Karl tells her about his life?

2. Where does Mary go and why is she relieved when she arrives there?

3. What are Mary's thoughts as she is getting read to go to the luncheon?

4. What does Rowley advise Mary to do before he leaves early that morning?

5. What does the Princess learn about the violinist and what is her response?

6. What does Mary rush to her dresser to find and why?

7. How does Mary appear as she leaves for the luncheon?

8. What does Rowley ask for that upsets Mary?

9. What does Mary do that causes Karl to become even more angry and what is Karl's reply?

10. How does Karl end up in a concentration camp and how does he get to Italy?

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