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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. What does Willow offer to Lampeth when he returns from his weekend in the country?
(a) A cigar.
(b) Money for the forgery.
(c) A stiff drink.
(d) His resignation.

2. What commission does Dixon want for the pictures he lends to Lampeth's gallery?
(a) Twenty percent.
(b) Thirty-five percent.
(c) Thirty percent.
(d) Twenty-five percent.

3. Who does Anne say spoke with Crawford on the phone when he asks her who it was?
(a) Mr. Meunier.
(b) An attorney for the estate.
(c) Her father.
(d) Charles Lampeth.

4. Why does Tom go see Wright and Mandingo?
(a) He wants them to "fix" the police where Cardwell lives.
(b) He wants them to buy the paintings he plans on stealing.
(c) He wants them to steal the paintings.
(d) He wants them to help him sell the paintings he plans on stealing.

5. Who knocked at the priest's door?
(a) Peter.
(b) Lipsey.
(c) Julian.
(d) Mike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Julian driving to see in Dorset village?

2. What painting is the first one that Mitch and Anne offer for sale?

3. What does Anne go to Harrods' for?

4. Where in his house does Cardwell keep his art collection?

5. Who is Mike?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Julian continue his search after he leaves the priest?

2. Who next comes to visit the priest in Poglio? What information is he looking for and what does the priest tell him?

3. What is Louis' hand in the story of the forgeries once he has the professor identify the painting as such?

4. How does Mike get hold of the real Modigliani?

5. What set-up does Mitch ask of the manager of the bank where he deposits the money from the paintings?

6. What does Arnaz's last line, " I had faith in you baby" suggest about the entire scam?

7. What phone call does Louis Broom get at the newspaper that surprises him?

8. What does Lampeth say to Willow about the effect the forgery scam will have on the art world?

9. Why does the priest lie to Mike and Dee about the Danielli family?

10. How does Mike scam Julian and Lipsey in regard to the painting?

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