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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. How does Melinda relate to her daughter?
(a) She all but ignores the child.
(b) She gave the child up for adoption.
(c) She spends time with the child when others are watching.
(d) She dotes on the child.

2. Why does Vic want to scare the person he tells he killed someone?
(a) He wants to move soon and he thinks this is the way to convince his wife to do it.
(b) He has always had an odd sense of humor.
(c) He works with that person and wants to establish dominance.
(d) The person he tells is having an affair with his wife.

3. How old is Victor Van Allen?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 36.
(d) 23.

4. Where does Vic sleep?
(a) At a friend's house.
(b) In Trixie's room.
(c) With Melinda.
(d) In a separate room over the garage.

5. What does De Lisle say about the water in the pool when he gets in?
(a) It seems thick.
(b) It is cold.
(c) It is too chlorinated.
(d) It is too hot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Trixie tell Vic she liked of Melinda's past lovers?

2. What does Vic do for a living?

3. What kind of party do the Cowans have in Part II?

4. What is one thing Melinda likes doing for others, in Vic's opinion?

5. Who is one person who finds Vic's story about killing a man amusing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Trixie generally react to Melinda's men she is having affairs with?

2. What had Vic hoped might change with his spreading a bad rumor about himself?

3. What does Vic tell Mr. Nash in Part I that alarms Nash?

4. What kind of employee is Stephen Hines?

5. What does Vic do for a living?

6. Who finds De Lisle's body and how does this person react?

7. What does Vic tell Ralph about his own past?

8. What is Vic's reputation in Little Wesley?

9. How does Vic try to stop Melinda's affair with De Lisle?

10. How does Vic realize Melinda is seeing Charley De Lisle?

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