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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Kinsey returns from seeing Nikki and Colin, where does she find Charlie Scorsoni?
(a) At the police station.
(b) At his office.
(c) At her office.
(d) On her doorstep.

2. Whom does Kinsey meet with right after she gets back from L.A.?
(a) Mrs. Glass.
(b) Charlie Scorsoni.
(c) Garry Steinberg.
(d) Henry Pitts.

3. At their third meeting, Kinsey asks Gwen how old Laurence and Nikki's son Colin was when she last saw him. What was her answer?
(a) About fourteen months old.
(b) She saw him on his fifth birthday.
(c) About three and a half.
(d) About two years old.

4. What is the result of what Kinsey does on the insurance fraud case?
(a) The fraudster lodges a complaint with the police about Kinsey.
(b) The insurance company does not want to prosecute the case.
(c) The fraudster leaves town.
(d) The fraudster assaults Kinsey.

5. In Chapter 26, Kinsey speaks to Nikki again about an old scandal involving Laurence. What was the scandal?
(a) That he had done time for embezzling.
(b) That he'd had a couple of children by a mistress while married to Nikki.
(c) That Laurence had had an affair with Elizabeth Napier, not Elizabeth Glass.
(d) That he had committed bigamy in his early twenties.

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

7. What had Diane Fife experienced a lot of after her father's death?
(a) Travel opportunities.
(b) Therapy.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Freedom.

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

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

10. 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) His sister Diane knew something about Laurence's death.
(d) Greg overheard his father talking to Libby Glass on the phone.

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

12. What does Kinsey learn just after returning to the key place?
(a) That the police have searched her apartment.
(b) That Rosie has died.
(c) That Charlie has been arrested.
(d) That Gwen Fife has been killed.

13. Kinsey pulls a gun on Lyle Abernathy when she returns to the key place. What is the result of this?
(a) He confesses that he gave Libby the tranquilizer that killed her.
(b) He runs away.
(c) He attacks her.
(d) He confesses to killing Libby and Sharon.

14. Kinsey asks the Homicide Division of the Santa Teresa police force what they found out about the "Darling Elizabeth" letter. What does the homicide detective tell her?
(a) That it was actually written by two different people.
(b) That Nikki Fife's prints are all over it.
(c) That the handwriting matches Sharon Napier's.
(d) That they couldn't recover any prints but the handwriting is almost certainly Laurence's.

15. What does Charlie's secretary give Kinsey when she phones her to ask about his whereabouts when Sharon died?
(a) She gives Kinsey his itinerary for the week ahead.
(b) She gives Kinsey the phone number of where she can reach him.
(c) She gives Kinsey the full details of where he was that day.
(d) She gives Kinsey a lecture on minding her own business.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Lyle let go from the work position he had held in the past?

2. When Kinsey visits Mrs. Glass for the second time, what happens when she and Mrs. Glass go into the basement?

3. On the Monday after her date with Charlie at the Ranch House, Kinsey visits the Homicide Division at the Santa Teresa police station. What does she want done with the "Darling Elizabeth" letter?

4. While visiting Nikki and Colin for the second time, what does Kinsey tell her about Laurence?

5. How old is Greg Fife?

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