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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Nikki Fife live, now that she is out of jail?
(a) In a modest bungalow on Appleton Drive.
(b) In a beach house left to her by her husband's mother.
(c) In a mansion she inherited from her father.
(d) In a condo by Santa Teresa Lake.

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

3. What does Kinsey do after she leaves the Glass's residence?
(a) She goes for a jog with Lyle.
(b) She tells Lyle he should get in touch with the Santa Teresa police.
(c) She requests a criminal check on Lyle.
(d) She waits in her car for Lyle to come out and follows him to his job site.

4. Nikki Fife wants Kinsey to investigate a crime from some years before. Where does she meet Kinsey?
(a) At a swanky restaurant.
(b) At Kinsey's office.
(c) At the Santa Teresa police station.
(d) At Kinsey's home.

5. What is Kinsey Millhone's occupation?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Insurance fraud assessor.
(c) Forensic scientist.
(d) Private investigator.

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

7. 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?
(a) Monte Carlo.
(b) Elmvale.
(c) Sherman Woods.
(d) Montebello.

8. How is Santa Teresa, where Kinsey works and lives, described in Chapter 2?
(a) As a vital and exciting city.
(b) As a rundown working-class town.
(c) As a haven for the rich.
(d) As a slumbering suburb.

9. What was Libby Glass' occupation?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Computer programmer.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Human resources consultant.

10. When Kinsey leaves Sharon's apartment for the last time, what does Kinsey take with her?
(a) Sharon's blonde wig.
(b) Some of Sharon's unpaid bills.
(c) Sharon's datebook.
(d) Sharon's shoes.

11. What does Kinsey remember about the Laurence Fife case that might be important to his death?
(a) That he took allergy medication.
(b) That he was an alcoholic with memory lapses.
(c) That he was a careless driver.
(d) That he had had several death threats.

12. Kinsey is also working on an insurance fraud case. Whose apartment is she keeping tabs on after she concludes her first meeting with Charlie?
(a) Sharon Napier's.
(b) Arlette Smith's.
(c) Marcia Threadgill's.
(d) Henry Pitts's.

13. What surprise does Kinsey get when she meets with Libby Glass's parents?
(a) Lyle Abernathy is coming for lunch.
(b) Lyle Abernathy walks their dog.
(c) Lyle Abernathy lives with them.
(d) Lyle Abernathy takes care of their yard.

14. According to Nikki, why was Laurence Fife taking a medication called HistaDril before he died?
(a) He was allergic to dogs.
(b) He had high blood pressure.
(c) He had asthma.
(d) He had high cholesterol.

15. What condition does Kinsey put on Nikki's request to investigate the crime?
(a) She asks for any items Nikki has that belonged to Laurence.
(b) She demands $4000 up front.
(c) She says that Nikki must not question how Kinsey will proceed.
(d) She will investigate this old case only if new evidence can be found.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kinsey say is a negative about using poison as a murder weapon?

2. What does Lyle suggest to Kinsey was the cause of Libby's death?

3. What is one reason Charlie would like to see Sharon Napier again?

4. The day after Kinsey's meeting with Charlie Scorsoni, she meets with Gwen, Laurence Fife's first wife. Where does Gwen work?

5. Kinsey goes to meet Charlie Scorsoni for the first time, and he keeps her waiting, so she grills his secretary. What is her name?

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