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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens the morning after Kinsey first meets with Sharon?
(a) Kinsey gets a call from Sharon's ex-husband.
(b) Kinsey sleeps in and misses her appointment with Sharon.
(c) The police call Kinsey and say Sharon is dead.
(d) Sharon comes to Kinsey's motel room to talk.

3. How long ago did the crime take place that Nikki wants Kinsey to investigate?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four years.

4. What does Kinsey plan to do after she meets with Sharon Napier?
(a) Meet with Gwen Fife's children.
(b) Go shopping in Los Angeles.
(c) Visit Sharon's mother.
(d) See a television sitcom being taped.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The police detective decided not to charge Nikki with Libby Glass' death. Why?

3. Libby Glass worked for Haycraft and McNiece. What does this firm do?

4. Soon after visiting Libby's workplace in L.A., Kinsey hears from Charlie Scorsoni. What does she say is the first item on her itinerary?

5. While they were at Rosie's, what does Nikki tell Kinsey she is absolutely convinced of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Con Dolan's impression of Kinsey's assessment of the Fife case?

2. What other case has Kinsey started working on when she is approached by Nikki?

3. At Rosie's, Nikki and Kinsey go over some of the other people who were involved in Laurence's life. Who were Laurence's family members?

4. Immediately after taking on Nikki's case, Kinsey turns her attention to Charlie Scorsoni, Laurence Fife's law partner. What is the result of this?

5. After her discussion with Charlotte Mercer, Kinsey decides she must find Sharon Napier. How does she do this?

6. The day after meeting Charlie Scorsoni, Kinsey meets Gwen Fife. Where do they meet, and what does Kinsey learn?

7. At the beginning of the novel, Kinsey is approached by Nikki Fife. What is Nikki's background, and what does she want Kinsey to do?

8. Kinsey tells Nikki she believes that Nikki is innocent. She agrees to take the case on certain conditions. What are they? What does Nikki do?

9. Kinsey and Nikki discuss how Laurence died. What was the cause of his death?

10. What is Charlie's reaction to Nikki Fife's reopening the murder case? What does he say about Gwen Fife, Sharon Napier, and Libby Glass?

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