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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what artist does Alex say the face of the waitress at the restaurant where he and Ezra meet looks as though it were painted by?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Vermeer.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Modigliani.

2. How old was Marla when she died?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 17.

3. Who does Raoul barge in on to demand the arrest of the Touch for the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Swope?
(a) Milo.
(b) Houten.
(c) Judge Severe.
(d) Hardy.

4. Where was Nona when Doug saw her for the first time?
(a) At the oil company.
(b) At the Retreat.
(c) Sitting on a stump.
(d) In a classroom.

5. What fruit does Ezra pick two of and offer one of to Alex when they arrive at his greenhouse?
(a) Apple.
(b) Banana.
(c) Fig.
(d) Pear.

6. What time does Alex leave the Retreat in Chapter 23?
(a) 9:30 p.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 5 p.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

7. Who is Milo questioning when Alex calls him about Raoul being in jail?
(a) A robbery suspect.
(b) Nona.
(c) A suspected rapist.
(d) Augie.

8. Where was Nona sent to give birth to Woody?
(a) Canada.
(b) Utah.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Mexico.

9. What is Nona giving Woody for his fever?
(a) Tylenol.
(b) Herbs.
(c) Vitamin C.
(d) Ice water.

10. What is Woody doing when Alex arrives at the trailer?
(a) Eating.
(b) Playing with a truck.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Watching TV.

11. Whose house did Richard Moody succeed in burning halfway down?
(a) Mal Worthy's.
(b) Augie Valcroix's.
(c) Diane Severe's.
(d) Elridge Durkin's.

12. What circles the compound of the Retreat?
(a) Guard dogs.
(b) A row of tall hedges.
(c) A creek.
(d) Armed guards.

13. What is in the red porcelain bowls on the table that Alex sees through the window at the Retreat?
(a) Opium.
(b) Butter.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Salt.

14. How long ago did the monks leave the monastery that is now the Retreat?
(a) Seven years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) Three years.
(d) 100 years.

15. Whose music does Alex play on the radio during his drive to get Raoul out of jail?
(a) Vivien Garry.
(b) Sidney Bechet.
(c) Duke Ellington.
(d) Flora Purim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alex find Richard Moody's body?

2. What name does Alex use when he checks into the Bel-Air Hotel?

3. What sits atop the belfry of the church in the Retreat?

4. Who does Nona tell Houten she told about their affair?

5. What is the name of Richard Moody's lawyer?

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