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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. Who phones Tom after the police leave?
(a) Freddie
(b) Van Houston
(c) Marge
(d) Wallace

2. What name have Dickie's belongings been found under?
(a) Frank Junior
(b) David Copper
(c) Robert Fanshaw
(d) Tommy Lawrence

3. What will Tom get if his deception is uncovered?
(a) Hard labor
(b) The death penalty
(c) Life imprisonment
(d) 20 years in prison

4. Where does Tom rent a palazzo?
(a) Venice
(b) Paris
(c) Vienna
(d) Rome

5. What does everyone at the party want to discuss?
(a) Marge's relationship with Dickie
(b) Tom's relationship with Dickie
(c) Mr. Greenleaf's arrival
(d) Dickie's disappearance

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Dickie's suitcases being held?

2. What does Tom hope Marge will forget?

3. What transport does Tom use to travel to Palermo?

4. Who phones Tom from Rome?

5. What has Tom's friend, Bob, been questioning everyone about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom tell Mr. Greenleaf about Dickie's murder?

2. How does Tom exaggerate the Tom Ripley persona?

3. What does Tom decide is a great thing about Europe?

4. How do the police think Freddie was murdered?

5. How does Mr. Greeleaf react when Marge tells him about Dickie's rings?

6. What lies does Tom tell McCarron?

7. Why does Marge think that Dickie's signature must have changed?

8. What do the newspapers say about Dickie?

9. Why can Tom not tell Marge what he really thinks about the party?

10. How does Tom raise the police's suspicions?

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