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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. What does Lyle suggest to Kinsey was the cause of Libby's death?
(a) Years of drug abuse caught up with her.
(b) Suicide.
(c) An accidental overdose.
(d) Multiple sclerosis.

2. Kinsey is also working on an insurance fraud case. Whose apartment is she keeping tabs on after she concludes her first meeting with Charlie?
(a) Henry Pitts's.
(b) Sharon Napier's.
(c) Arlette Smith's.
(d) Marcia Threadgill's.

3. Nikki Fife wants Kinsey to investigate a crime from some years before. Where does she meet Kinsey?
(a) At Kinsey's home.
(b) At a swanky restaurant.
(c) At the Santa Teresa police station.
(d) At Kinsey's office.

4. Before Kinsey meets with Gwen for a second time, Charlie Scorsoni shows up. What does he want?
(a) To confess his involvement in Laurence Fife's murder.
(b) Gwen's phone number.
(c) To apologize to Kinsey and tell her he wants to help her with the Fife case.
(d) To track down Laurence Fife's car.

5. Kinsey walks home after talking to Nikki at Rosie's Bar. How far away does she live?
(a) Two miles.
(b) Half a block.
(c) Half a mile.
(d) Four miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kinsey Millhone's occupation?

2. When Kinsey meets with Charlotte Mercer, what does Charlotte tell her?

3. After finding out about Charlotte Mercer, why does Kinsey want to speak to her?

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

5. Where does Kinsey keep the information she records on her cases?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. After Nikki writes Kinsey a check for her services, the women talk about Sharon Napier. Who is Sharon and what does Nikki tell Kinsey about her? Whom does Kinsey suggest she herself should talk to?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. Kinsey visits the firm where Libby Glass worked and leaves her card for a Garry Steinberg to call her. Soon she is talking to Charlie Scorsoni who calls her from Denver. What does Kinsey tell Charlie?

6. 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?

7. How does Kinsey decide that she will investigate the case for Nikki?

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

9. 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?

10. Who is Con Dolan, and why does Kinsey go to visit him?

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