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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one present Vic gets for Melinda in Part III?
(a) A painting.
(b) A new watch.
(c) A set of golf clubs.
(d) A diamond ring.

2. What does Vic realize Melinda can always do with a hangover?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Drink again.
(c) Go running.
(d) Eat.

3. Who are two of Vic's staunchest defenders in the coroner's inquest?
(a) Melinda and Evelyn.
(b) Bill and Mary.
(c) John and Ed.
(d) Phil and Horace.

4. What does Melinda say she would like to do to Vic in Part IV?
(a) Live with him in peace.
(b) Ignore him forever.
(c) Pay him more.
(d) Destroy him.

5. In the end of Part IV, what does Melinda tell Vic she wants?
(a) A new car.
(b) A new house.
(c) A divorce.
(d) A baby.

6. Who is the new man in Melinda's life in Part IV?
(a) Anthony Cameron.
(b) Ted Jones.
(c) Fred Dickerson.
(d) Hank Wilkerson.

7. What does Melinda tell Trixie that Vic did at the Cowan's party?
(a) Got drunk.
(b) Killed Charley.
(c) Ate poison.
(d) Insulted his best friend.

8. What does Vic say to Melinda that he is not going to mention to anyone else in town?
(a) The episode with Carpenter being a detective.
(b) Melinda's abuse of him.
(c) Melinda's drinking.
(d) The episode at the river.

9. When does Vic know that Dr. Franklin began not liking Melinda?
(a) After her foot surgery.
(b) After her fall down the stairs.
(c) After her appendicitis.
(d) After Trixie's birth.

10. Where does the new man Melinda introduces Vic to say he works?
(a) Flint.
(b) Kennington.
(c) Richardton.
(d) Hensley.

11. Who tries to convince Vic that he should not put up with Melinda's accusations?
(a) Horace.
(b) Ed.
(c) Julia.
(d) Jane.

12. Where does Vic refuse to go with Melinda and Cameron in Part IV?
(a) The Chesterfield Bar.
(b) The Cowans'.
(c) The Dance Club.
(d) The Mellers' barbecue.

13. How does Vic realize he feels about Melinda as far as physical attraction in Part III?
(a) He was never physically attracted to her.
(b) He was physically attracted to her before she started having affairs.
(c) He is very physically attracted to her.
(d) He is not physically attracted to her.

14. Who has to be at the coroner's inquest?
(a) Vic and Horace.
(b) Everyone who was at the Cowan's party.
(c) Just Vic.
(d) Just Melinda.

15. Who does Trixie tell Vic is going around saying he killed De Lisle?
(a) Richie.
(b) Julia.
(c) Janey.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Melinda say when the coroner asks if she has any reason for thinking Vic was responsible for De Lisle's death?

2. What does Vic know Melinda will do the night he tells her he knows Carpenter is a detective?

3. What does Horace tell Vic that backs up Horace's suspicions about Carpenter in Part III?

4. What kind of people does Vic think of the Petersons as?

5. What does Melinda tell Vic Mr. Cameron has explained to her?

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