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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kinsey go to the Baptist Church after she finds the item outside Shana's apartment?

2. What time had Bailey told Kinsey that he'd been on the beach with Jean the night she died?

3. What staff members did Jean see a lot of during her last year of school?

4. Dwight Shales drives Kinsey back to the motel after she visits with Tap Granger's widow. Who wants Kinsey to visit him, according to Ann?

5. What does Kinsey do after getting off the phone with Jack Clemson?

Short Essay Questions

1. After her talk with Dr. Dunne, Kinsey returns to the motel and learns from Jack Clemson that Bailey has been given sanctuary at the church by Mrs. Haws. Kinsey then decides to go back to the Eucalyptus Mineral Springs spa. What does she find there and what does this discovery lead her to?

2. What is Ann's reaction to her mother's death? What does she speculate caused it?

3. The night of Kinsey's attack at the spa she goes to the pool hall. Who does she talk with there? What does Kinsey learn?

4. After Kinsey is attacked at the spa, where does she go to eat? Who does she end up eating with and what do they talk about?

5. After Kinsey checks out the spa property, who is she confronted by? What does this person tell her? What does Kinsey do?

6. What is Kinsey thinking about as she heads off to the Eucalyptus Mineral Springs Hotel spa after having no luck finding Shana at the three places she's checked? When she gets there, who does she talk to?

7. Who shows up when Kinsey was visiting Joleen Granger? What does he tell Kinsey?

8. Kinsey is woken up during the night after meeting with members of a local family at the pool hall. What wakes her up and what is the result of this?

9. The morning after the threatening phone call, what does Kinsey ask Ann in regards to Jean? What does Ann tell her?

10. When Kinsey goes back to the motel after talking to members of a local family at the pool hall, who does she run into? What does this person tell her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The resolution of a story is the wrapping up of details and often the aftermath of the climactic events. Why was Kinsey's report included at the end of the book as an Epilogue? Do you believe this added to the themes of truth and justice? As a reader, how did you respond to the report?

Essay Topic 2

Explain what foreshadowing is and how it is used in F is for Fugitive, citing three examples that you believe are examples of foreshadowing. Each example must come from a different scene in the book. Explain how each example relates to the outcome of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

F is for Fugitive is a first person narrative, told from private investigator Kinsey Millhone's point-of-view. Briefly explain how the first person narrative is effective and how it is limited. Give four specific examples that show how the story is effective told from Kinsey's point of view, and how our vicarious experience of them is enhanced.

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