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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what is Nikki's opinion of Sharon Napier?
(a) Sharon is a great person and a good friend.
(b) Sharon is intelligent and brave.
(c) Sharon is hard working and honest.
(d) Sharon is lazy and disrespectful

2. Before Kinsey meets with Gwen for a second time, Charlie Scorsoni shows up. What does he want?
(a) To track down Laurence Fife's car.
(b) Gwen's phone number.
(c) To confess his involvement in Laurence Fife's murder.
(d) To apologize to Kinsey and tell her he wants to help her with the Fife case.

3. At their first meeting, what does Gwen give Kinsey permission to do?
(a) To look into Laurence's medical background.
(b) To talk to Gwen's children.
(c) To read Gwen's diaries.
(d) To look into Gwen's financial affairs.

4. When they talk at Rosie's, what does Nikki say was her reason for staying with Laurence?
(a) He was rich.
(b) He threatened to kill her.
(c) She still loved him.
(d) Her young son Colin.

5. With the help of a friend, which Nevada city does Kinsey find out Sharon now lives in?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Carson City.
(c) Elko.
(d) Reno.

6. What is the name of the hotel where Sharon Napier worked?
(a) The Bagdad.
(b) Rosie's.
(c) The Fremont.
(d) The Pines.

7. When Kinsey first visits him, what is the police detective's assessment of the Libby Glass case?
(a) That Nikki Fife was responsible for her death also.
(b) That someone else killed Libby Glass.
(c) That Libby Glass killed herself.
(d) That Libby Glass took the poison accidentally.

8. Once Kinsey gets inside Sharon's apartment, what does she find there?
(a) An unknown intruder who pushes by Kinsey and escapes.
(b) A dead body.
(c) Charlie Scorsoni.
(d) Explosive devices.

9. What is Kinsey suspicious about at the end of her first meeting with Sharon?
(a) Sharon keeps tapping her fingers on the table.
(b) Sharon seems distracted by the sight of someone in the room.
(c) Some of Sharon's answers don't make sense.
(d) Sharon won't look her in the eye when she talks.

10. The phone call from Sharon prompts Kinsey to go to Sharon's apartment. What happens there?
(a) No one answers, and Kinsey looks for a key to get in.
(b) A police car is cruising up and down in front of the building.
(c) The building superintendant lets Kinsey into Sharon's unit.
(d) A man comes out of an apartment and runs away.

11. What does the Santa Teresa detective allow Kinsey to do?
(a) Phone his contacts around Santa Teresa.
(b) Download his computer files to her memory stick.
(c) Look at the files of Laurence Fife's murder.
(d) Check the computer files for information on Nikki Fife.

12. Which phrase best describes the Santa Teresa detective who is Kinsey's contact?
(a) Quiet, dignified, and elderly.
(b) Unkempt, with a pouchy face and a comb-over.
(c) Young, energetic, and talkative.
(d) A sharp dresser with a sharp attitude.

13. The victim of the crime was Laurence Fife. What relationship was Nikki to him?
(a) His second wife.
(b) His fourth wife.
(c) His first wife.
(d) His third wife.

14. Kinsey walks home after talking to Nikki at Rosie's Bar. How far away does she live?
(a) Four miles.
(b) Half a block.
(c) Two miles.
(d) Half a mile.

15. Laurence Fife had had a lot of affairs. Gwen told Kinsey that one of his affairs was with Charlotte Mercer. Whom was she married to?
(a) A heart surgeon.
(b) A famous lawyer.
(c) Laurence's boss.
(d) A judge.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kinsey asks Charlotte Mercer about Sharon Napier, what does Charlotte tell her?

2. Later the same day after her first meeting with Gwen, Kinsey asks Nikki Fife to meet her in the house where Laurence died. Where is the house?

3. Kinsey is trying to find out more about Libby Glass when she goes to L.A. She looks up Lyle Abernathy but finds no listing for him. What was Lyle to Libby?

4. How is Santa Teresa, where Kinsey works and lives, described in Chapter 2?

5. How does Kinsey travel to Nevada?

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