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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What valuable piece of information does Greg Fife tell Kinsey that relates to his father's case?
(a) Laurence did not take his medication that weekend.
(b) Laurence was very nervous all that weekend.
(c) Greg overheard his father talking to Libby Glass on the phone.
(d) His sister Diane knew something about Laurence's death.

2. Why is the information Kinsey finds out during her phone call to Charlotte Mercer important to the case?
(a) Mrs. Napier is now a suspect in the case.
(b) Mrs. Napier and Libby Glass have the same first name.
(c) Lyle Abernathy is Laurence Fife's illegitimate son.
(d) Mrs. Napier is Libby Glass's aunt.

3. After looking at her newly developed photos, Kinsey decides to call Charlotte Mercer. Why?
(a) Charlotte mysteriously appears in the background of a restaurant shot.
(b) She wants to offer Charlotte one of the photos.
(c) Charlotte has left her five messages to give her a call.
(d) She wants to ask Charlotte something that will help the case.

4. What does Kinsey tell Mrs. Glass after finding the letter to Libby from Laurence?
(a) She tells her what she read in the letter.
(b) She tells her Libby was having an affair with Laurence.
(c) She tells her she is off the case.
(d) She tells her she didn't find anything of interest.

5. After visiting with Nikki and Colin for the second time, Kinsey and Charlie go to the place of his friend John Powers. What do they do there?
(a) They walk John's dogs.
(b) Make a meal.
(c) Water his plants.
(d) Check his mail.

6. At their meeting, Kinsey and Diane talk about the family dog, Bruno. What happened to Bruno?
(a) He was killed by a car on the Labor Day weekend just before Laurence died.
(b) He disappeared, and no one had a clue what happened to him.
(c) Laurence gave Bruno to Libby just before his death.
(d) Gwen had Bruno destroyed just to anger Laurence.

7. On a hunch and before she leaves the key place, Kinsey talks to Garry Steinberg. What does she tell him?
(a) That she thinks Charlie Scorsoni was embezzling funds at his firm.
(b) That she thinks there is a serial killer in Santa Teresa.
(c) That she thinks all the victims in the case were killed by one person.
(d) That she believes he has been lying to her all along.

8. How does Kinsey respond to Charlie when he takes her out to the Ranch House in Ojai?
(a) She decides she is not interested in him anymore.
(b) She thinks she is falling in love.
(c) She thinks he is a pompous bore.
(d) She is attracted to him but is also irritated with him.

9. Why was Lyle let go from the work position he had held in the past?
(a) His boss suspected him of drug use.
(b) He had harassed coworkers.
(c) He was chronically late for work.
(d) His boss suspected him of burglary.

10. Who does Diane say was the only person her father ever really loved?
(a) Colin.
(b) Libby.
(c) Gwen.
(d) His mother.

11. What does Diane want Kinsey to do with a photo album she has?
(a) To give it to Gwen.
(b) To destroy it.
(c) To give it to her half-brother Colin.
(d) To keep it in a safe place until the case is solved.

12. What was Greg Fife's relationship with his father, Laurence, like?
(a) He never felt he could please his father.
(b) He was treated like a prince by his father.
(c) He worked with his father and hated it.
(d) He was really close to his father.

13. When she returns to Santa Teresa after visiting the Glass residence, where does Kinsey go?
(a) To meet Nikki at her beach house.
(b) To the local courthouse.
(c) To bed to for a good sleep.
(d) To see the homicide detective.

14. One of Kinsey's contacts lets her in on some new information about a past work position Lyle Abernathy held. What is the information?
(a) That Lyle had been Laurence Fife's driver.
(b) That Lyle had worked with the same firm that Libby Glass did.
(c) That Lyle had once apprenticed with a locksmith.
(d) That Lyle had installed the alarm systems at the Fife home.

15. Once Kinsey returns home from Los Angeles, she has to make a difficult phone call regarding Sharon. Who is the call to?
(a) Gwen Fife.
(b) The friend who gave her Sharon's address.
(c) Sharon's children.
(d) Sharon's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kinsey find a letter addressed to "Darling Elizabeth"?

2. Kinsey picks up her developed photos after visiting the homicide division. What is significant about the photos?

3. In Chapter 25, what key place does Kinsey return to?

4. Kinsey is still working on the insurance fraudster case. What does she decide to do to catch the woman out?

5. When Kinsey returns to Santa Teresa from Los Angeles, who has left her three messages?

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