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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Kinsey returns to Santa Teresa from Los Angeles, who has left her three messages?
(a) Greg Fife.
(b) Garry Steinberg.
(c) Gwen Fife.
(d) Charlie Scorsoni.

2. Why does Kinsey think this new information on Lyle's past work life might be important?
(a) He had had access to information on Laurence Fife's medical needs.
(b) He might have been able to break into the Fife residence to tamper with Laurence's medication.
(c) He had a lot of skills.
(d) He would have known Laurence's itinerary.

3. When Kinsey meets Colin Fife for the first time, what does she think he looks like?
(a) A gargoyle.
(b) A little old man.
(c) A lion cub.
(d) A pixie.

4. What does the homicide detective say about Kinsey's involvement in Sharon Napier's death?
(a) He believes she should take some responsibility for Sharon's death.
(b) He is happy with what she has done so far.
(c) He wants all the details she has about Sharon.
(d) He suspects she may have killed Sharon.

5. Over dinner at the Ranch House, what does Charlie tell Kinsey about?
(a) Laurence's affairs.
(b) His failed marriage.
(c) His plans for the future.
(d) His difficult childhood

6. Why does Kinsey want to see Colin Fife for a second time?
(a) She wants to show him photos of Lyle Abernathy.
(b) She didn't believe anything he told her at the first meeting.
(c) She wants to ask him when he had last seen his father's first wife, Gwen.
(d) She wants to question him about his mother.

7. 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.

8. As Kinsey meets with Gwen for the third time, what does Kinsey attribute Laurence's interest in Nikki to?
(a) Nikki had tricked him into leaving Gwen.
(b) Gwen was uninteresting.
(c) Male menopause.
(d) Gwen was unattractive.

9. Whom does Kinsey suspect of being responsible for the incident in the Glass's basement?
(a) The police.
(b) Lyle Abernathy.
(c) Charlie Scorsoni.
(d) Mr. Glass.

10. How does Kinsey feel about Charlie's staying the night at her place?
(a) She thinks they have a future together.
(b) She is afraid to make a commitment to him.
(c) She hopes it will not happen again.
(d) She feels comforted and safe.

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

12. Kinsey believes that Gwen did not kill Sharon and Libby. What does she decide she must do?
(a) Kinsey realizes she must keep investigating the case.
(b) Kinsey knows she must turn Gwen in to the police.
(c) Kinsey knows she must contact Nikki immediately about this.
(d) Kinsey decides she must start from the beginning.

13. How old is Greg Fife?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty-eight.

14. Why is Kinsey disappointed with the homicide detective's conclusions on the "Darling Elizabeth" letter?
(a) It means more time doing forensic work on it.
(b) She had thought the letter was a fake.
(c) She was sure it was written by Gwen Fife.
(d) She will have to go to Mrs. Glass with bad news.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kinsey meets with Nikki after visiting the Glasses for the second time, what does she ask Nikki to examine?

2. After looking at her newly developed photos, Kinsey decides to call Charlotte Mercer. Why?

3. Whom does Kinsey phone to arrange a meeting with soon after she returns from L.A.?

4. Gwen calls Kinsey to meet with her for the third time. What does she want to tell Kinsey?

5. After arriving at her conclusion about Charlie Scorsoni, Kinsey looks at something she took from Sharon's apartment. What does it tell her?

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