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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Frank listening to outside on the holiday morning?
(a) Silence.
(b) Woman grieving.
(c) Church bells.
(d) Birds chirping.

2. What does Frank remember most about living with the other professor at the college?
(a) Arguing.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Conversation.
(d) Writing.

3. Who does Frank call on the holiday morning in Chapter 9?
(a) Vicki and X.
(b) X and Walter.
(c) X and X's father.
(d) Vicki and Walter.

4. At the police station, where does Frank ask if he can go?
(a) Home.
(b) Walter's apartment.
(c) To get some coffee.
(d) The crime lab.

5. Through the investigation, what has Frank fulfilled for Walter?
(a) A promise.
(b) A lie.
(c) A threat.
(d) A dream.

6. What does Walter tell Frank he would like to do after the gesture of kindness?
(a) Drive around.
(b) Eat.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Drink.

7. What does Frank allow Walter to do when he returned from his trip to Detroit?
(a) Talk to him.
(b) Drive his car somewhere.
(c) Kiss him.
(d) Stay the night.

8. What holiday does Frank wake up to in Chapter 9?
(a) Fourth of July.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

9. What subject does Walter bring up to Frank again when Frank returns from Detroit?
(a) Going out for a drink.
(b) His male lover.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Divorced Mens Club.

10. Where does Frank plan to stay indefinitely?
(a) Florida.
(b) Detroit.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) New York.

11. What did Frank become obsessed with about a year after Ralph's death?
(a) Catalogs.
(b) Reading.
(c) Sex.
(d) Alcohol.

12. What does Frank tell the visitor who is waiting for him when he returns from Detroit?
(a) To come back later.
(b) He is tired.
(c) He is ready to go for a drink.
(d) To meet me at a bar.

13. How late does Frank arrive at Vicki's father's place?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 90 minutes.
(d) 60 minutes.

14. When does Frank propose Vicki and he quit playing croquet?
(a) When it is time to eat.
(b) When Frank is going to lose.
(c) When it is time for Frank to leave.
(d) When Frank wants to talk to someone.

15. What crashes into a phone booth while Frank is in it?
(a) A car.
(b) A shopping cart.
(c) A carhop.
(d) A truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the letter, Walter claims to have what?

2. What is the name of the professor Frank lived with while he taught at a college?

3. Where did Walter meet his male lover?

4. Where does Frank make a telephone call on the way home from Easter dinner?

5. What does Frank believe he has finally found at the end of the story?

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