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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After she visits Shana, how does Royce make Kinsey angry?
(a) He tries to tell her how to run her investigation.
(b) He tells her she is not bright enough for the job.
(c) He tells her he wasn't going to pay her.
(d) He tells her that she shouldn't talk to Shana.

2. Where do Royce Fowler and his wife live?
(a) In their motel, in an apartment behind the main desk.
(b) In a house across the highway from the motel.
(c) In a separate bungalow on the property.
(d) On the entire ground floor of the motel.

3. What does the man who burst into the courtroom do, before hauling Bailey out of the courtroom with him?
(a) He ran around pointing a gun and saying "Gotcha!"
(b) He screamed obscenties.
(c) He waved his gun and laughed hysterically.
(d) He shot into the ceiling.

4. Bailey's lawyer tells Kinsey about Bailey's first criminal charge when he had just finished high school. What was it for?
(a) Arson.
(b) Armed robbery.
(c) Petty theft.
(d) Passing bad checks.

5. While Kinsey is looking at the pamphlet for Eucalyptus Mineral Hot Springs, what does Ann Fowler tell her?
(a) That she doesn't think the truth of the case will ever come out.
(b) That she believes Bailey killed Jean.
(c) That Jean Timberlake had worked there.
(d) That she hates her brother.

6. What is Bailey's attitude when Kinsey first meets with him?
(a) He was depressed and despondent.
(b) He was optimistic and upbeat.
(c) He was calm and confident.
(d) He was indifferent and apathetic.

7. At Jean's old high school, where does Kinsey find photos of her?
(a) In the student council office.
(b) In old school newspapers.
(c) In the graduate photo hall of honor.
(d) In old yearbooks.

8. Which of the following was not true about Jean?
(a) Her mother still lived in town.
(b) She had worked at the Royce's motel.
(c) She was a college student when she died.
(d) She was illegitimate.

9. Kinsey finally decides to visit Shana in her small apartment. What has Shana been doing?
(a) Crying.
(b) Writing letters.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Working in her garden.

10. How is Shana Timberlake related to Jean?
(a) She is her cousin.
(b) She is her aunt.
(c) She is her mother.
(d) She is her sister.

11. What does someone tell Kinsey about Tap's last night alive?
(a) That he had gotten very drunk.
(b) That he threatened to turn Bailey in.
(c) That he had confessed to killing Jean.
(d) This individual tells Kinsey that Tap got a call from someone with a slurred voice.

12. Where is Bailey at the beginning of the book?
(a) In jail doing five years for fraud.
(b) In jail waiting to be arraigned.
(c) Living in San Diego.
(d) Staying with his parents.

13. How does Kinsey express her anger with Royce?
(a) She bad-mouths him to Ann right in front of him.
(b) She tells him she wants off the case.
(c) She tells him if he doesn't like the way things are, he could hire someone else.
(d) She threatens to call the police.

14. What does Oribelle (Ori) Fowler suffer from?
(a) Heart disease and diabetes.
(b) Arthritis and cancer.
(c) Cancer and lupus.
(d) Arthritis and diabetes.

15. How much time did Bailey serve for his first charge?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. After visiting with Shana at her apartment, what does Kinsey do?

2. What does Shana say about the money Bailey and Tap had acquired through their criminal activity?

3. After leaving the spa for the first time, where does Kinsey go?

4. After Kinsey gets home from her run after her first visit to Floral Beach, what does she do?

5. When Kinsey returns to the Fowler's motel, what does Ann tell her about her parents?

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