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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lindsay do in a weak moment of frustration with the case and with her illness?
(a) Cries.
(b) Yells at people in her office.
(c) Goes out and gets drunk.
(d) Runs a red light out of anger -- and gets in an accident.

2. Who hands Lindsay's case files to the FBI?
(a) Lindsay doesn't know.
(b) The police commissioner.
(c) Raleigh.
(d) No one; they just came in and took them.

3. Where does the family of Karen Voskuhl live?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Hawaii.

4. What food item is Jacobi helping Lindsay track down?
(a) The restaurant that delivered the food found at the crime scene.
(b) The same kind of champagne found at the crime scene.
(c) The same kind of caviar found at the crime scene.
(d) The same kind of fancy cheese found at the crime scene.

5. What is David Brandt wearing when he is murdered?
(a) A bathing suit.
(b) A towel.
(c) A pair of jeans but no shirt.
(d) A tuxedo.

6. Why does James sneak away to go to the bathroom?
(a) To collect his thoughts.
(b) To try to sneak out the window.
(c) To use the restroom.
(d) To smoke marijuana.

7. What is Cindy's original beat when she gets called to the Brandt murder scene?
(a) The education beat.
(b) The metro desk.
(c) The politics beat.
(d) The restaurant scene.

8. How does Lindsay's boss feel about the press coverage of the bridge and groom case?
(a) He is glad because it means he got his name in the paper.
(b) He is unhappy with it.
(c) He could care less; he is really clueless about stuff like that.
(d) He is jealous that Lindsay got more mentions than he did.

9. Where is James when he is killed?
(a) On the toilet.
(b) In his bed.
(c) Washing his hands.
(d) In his shower.

10. Who are the first members of the Women's Murder Club?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Claire, Cindy, and Lindsay.
(c) Lindsay, Raleigh, and Jacobi.
(d) Brandt, Lindsay, and Raleigh.

11. What does Lindsay plan to do when she learns her cases are connected to the Voskuhl murders?
(a) Talk to the FBI as soon as possible.
(b) Pretend she doesn't know this information.
(c) Go see the Voskuhl crime scene.
(d) Quit.

12. What jewelry is missing from the DeGeorge's bodies?
(a) Their expensive watches.
(b) Their monitoring anklets.
(c) Their wedding rings.
(d) Matching wedding pins they both were wearing.

13. Where does Lindsay learn the DeGeorges have gone missing?
(a) Sonoma.
(b) Napa.
(c) New York City.
(d) San Diego.

14. What paper does Cindy Thomas work for?
(a) She doesn't work for the paper, she writes for a news blog.
(b) The San Francisco Daily.
(c) The San Francisco Times.
(d) The Chronicle.

15. Where are the DeGeorges bodies found?
(a) In a shed.
(b) In a basement.
(c) In a wine cellar.
(d) In a cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the novel opens, who does Lindsay consider the most important person in her life?

2. How did the killer leave the tuxedo jacket next to David Brendt's body?

3. How does Cindy learn so much about the DeGeorges?

4. Who walks past the hotel where the Brandts have been murdered?

5. What does Lindsay's doctor advise her to do when he gives her the diagnosis?

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