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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 will Rowley tie onto a rock and drop in the Arno river?
(a) The gun.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Karl's wallet.
(d) The bloody towel.

2. Where is Mary supposed to be at one o'clock?
(a) To meet with her lawyer in Florence.
(b) Villa Bolognese.
(c) The Princess' villa.
(d) To have lunch with Rowley.

3. What does the Princess say she would do if she were such a poor musician?
(a) Shoot herself.
(b) Tell everyone to like it or leave.
(c) Find a different job.
(d) Take lessons.

4. Why does Rowley ask for the gun?
(a) To clean it so it will not be noticeable that it was shot.
(b) He does not ask for the gun.
(c) To throw it in the river.
(d) To put it by Karl's body.

5. What does Karl do after laying Mary on the bed and kissing her repeatedly?
(a) Kills himself.
(b) Falls asleep.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Breaks the windows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Agata?

2. Why does Rowley wish they had left the gun with Karl?

3. Who is Mary relieved to find at the social function at the Villa Bolognese?

4. What does Mary recall Rowley telling her?

5. Who is Mary expecting shortly after receiving the telegram?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Karl's life in Austria.

2. Who wakes Mary and what does Mary tell the person?

3. Describe the scene of Mary and Rowley getting rid of Karl's body.

4. What is said between Rowley and Mary about Edgar and Mary's possible marriage to him?

5. What does Rowley advise Mary to do before he leaves early that morning?

6. What does Mary rush to her dresser to find and why?

7. How does Mary appear as she leaves for the luncheon?

8. How does Karl act when Mary pulls out the gun out of her purse?

9. How does the altercation between Karl and Mary resolve itself?

10. How does Karl end up in a concentration camp and how does he get to Italy?

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