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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. At their second meeting, Charlie and Kinsey talk about the Fife case. Charlie tells her Laurence travelled the week before he died. Where did Laurence go?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Las Vegas.

2. During Kinsey's first interview with her, how does Gwen describe herself in her role as Laurence's first wife?
(a) She had her own career and was rarely home.
(b) They had a long-distance marriage and she rarely saw him.
(c) She was very happy as a stay-at-home wife and mother.
(d) She was perfectly made up and dressed and was a dutiful cook and mother.

3. What does Kinsey find out that makes her think Nikki might be guilty after all?
(a) A young woman died the same way only a few days after Laurence was killed.
(b) Nikki's answers to the investigating officers were contradictory.
(c) Nikki had served time for another murder when she was younger.
(d) Nikki had attacked Laurence with a tire iron a month before his death.

4. Which statement does NOT apply to Rosie's Bar?
(a) It is a Santa Teresa tourist attraction.
(b) Drunken patrons shoot arrows at the marlin on the wall.
(c) The cuisine has a Hungarian twist.
(d) The plastic seats have little rips in them.

5. What other case in Kinsey working on while she thinks about Nikki's request?
(a) The disappearance of a millionaire.
(b) A case of fraud against an insurance company.
(c) The death of a child in a car accident.
(d) A case of arson at a local business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poison was used to kill both Laurence Fife and Libby Glass?

2. How is Santa Teresa, where Kinsey works and lives, described in Chapter 2?

3. Before she leaves the Glass's home, what arrangements does Kinsey make with Mrs. Glass?

4. Nikki Fife wants Kinsey to investigate a crime from some years before. Where does she meet Kinsey?

5. What does Gwen say made her bitter about the end of her marriage to Laurence Fife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kinsey's impression of Las Vegas?

2. What does Kinsey find out about the Fife children by talking to Gwen at her dog-grooming business?

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

4. What happens when Lyle comes over to lunch at the Glasses'?

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

6. How does Kinsey finally get in touch with Sharon Napier in Las Vegas, and what happens when she meets with her?

7. What is Kinsey Millhone's occupation, and what do we know about her lifestyle?

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

9. 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?

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

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