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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. Why does the policeman come to the door of Peter's house?
(a) To tell him that the lights are on in the car.
(b) To tell him that he knows something odd is going on in the house.
(c) To investigate a theft.
(d) To investigate a missing painting.

2. What comparison does Peter make about a painter who isn't painting?
(a) Not dancing to a dancer.
(b) Not drinking to a drinker.
(c) Not smoking to a smoker.
(d) Not playing to a musician.

3. What is Dee doing in Paris?
(a) Studying art.
(b) Visiting her friend, MIke.
(c) Spending the summer with her brother, MIke.
(d) Simply enjoying the things that she likes.

4. Who did Dee send a postcard to to tell about the search in Poglio?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Uncle Charles.
(c) Mike.
(d) Sammy.

5. What name did Peter give Meunier's as a reference?
(a) Julian Black.
(b) Lampeth.
(c) Mad Mitch.
(d) Lord Caldwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Dee in the opening of "Part II, Chapter 1"?

2. What does Mad Mitch respond when Peter asks him what he thinks of his painting?

3. What does the telegram reference that Dee receives?

4. What is NOT the issue with Peter Usher's paintings at the gallery?

5. What surprising statement does Samantha give Jimmy when he comes for an interview?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Anita and how does she play a part in the decisions that Samantha is about to make?

2. What party do Samantha and Tom attend and what crucial event happens there?

3. How does Lipsey make his way into Dee's apartment?

4. Where does Dee's search for the painting begin and why is it a bust?

5. Why does Julian decide to open an art gallery and what are his ideas concerning it?

6. How does Lipsey fail in getting information from the old man who knew Modigliani and who had given information to Dee?

7. How does the reader know right away that Tom is going to be trouble for Samantha?

8. What point does Samantha attempt to make about the movies she has made and the movies that she wants to make?

9. Why does Peter Usher become so upset with Charles Lampeth at the reception?

10. What does Julian find when he returns home from selling Sarah's car, and how does he use it to his advantage?

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