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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. Kinsey decides she has to talk to Gwen a fourth time. What are they doing when Gwen confesses to killing Laurence?
(a) Looking at Kinsey's photos.
(b) Driving to Kinsey's place.
(c) Eating lunch.
(d) Having a drink at a bar.

2. On her second visit to their house, what does Kinsey hear in the Glass's basement?
(a) A mouse.
(b) Someone leaving by the outside door.
(c) Crashing glass.
(d) Voices.

3. Gwen calls Kinsey to meet with her for the third time. What does she want to tell Kinsey?
(a) The proof Nikki didn't kill Laurence.
(b) The name of the person who killed Laurence.
(c) The reasons why Libby couldn't have been murdered.
(d) The names of the men she'd had an affair with while she was married to Laurence.

4. When Kinsey visits Mrs. Glass for the second time, what happens when she and Mrs. Glass go into the basement?
(a) Someone pushes them from behind.
(b) There is an explosion.
(c) A window breaks upstairs.
(d) Mrs. Glass falls down the stairs.

5. While Kinsey and Charlie are at John Powers' place, Charlie gets angry with Kinsey. Why?
(a) She accuses him of lying.
(b) She won't give up her career for him.
(c) She won't commit to being his girlfriend.
(d) She asks him questions about the Fife case.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 26, Kinsey speaks to Nikki again about an old scandal involving Laurence. What was the scandal?

2. After visiting Garry Steinberg, Kinsey hits the road for Santa Teresa and thinks about Charlie as she drives. What conclusion does she reach?

3. What does Kinsey learn just after returning to the key place?

4. What is the result of what Kinsey does on the insurance fraud case?

5. As Kinsey meets with Gwen for the third time, what does Kinsey attribute Laurence's interest in Nikki to?

Short Essay Questions

1. After confronting Lyle in L.A., Kinsey goes to the accounting firm where Libby used to work. What does she tell Garry Steinberg that she suspects about Charlie?

2. After fighting and reconciling with Charlie, Kinsey meets with Homicide Detective Dolan again. What does he tell her about the "Darling Elizabeth" letter? How does Kinsey feel about this?

3. What does Greg Fife tell Kinsey about his father's allergy that might have some bearing on the case?

4. After her third visit to the Glass residence, Kinsey returns to Santa Teresa and sleeps until 4 in the afternoon. Then she heads to Nikki's beach house. What happens at the beach house?

5. Where does Kinsey go after she has attempted to find out more from Colin about Gwen?

6. After meeting with Con, Kinsey decides the time has come to finally trap Marcia Threadgill, the fraudster who is trying to get money out of the California Fidelity Insurance Company. What does Kinsey do?

7. After Garry shares his news about Lyle, Gwen Fife calls Kinsey, and they arrange to meet for lunch. What does Gwen tell Kinsey, and how does Kinsey respond?

8. After Diane talks about her parents, Kinsey asks her about Bruno, the dog who died on the last Labor Day weekend Laurence was alive. How does Diane respond to this?

9. After her fight with Charlie, what does Kinsey do? What does this make her realize? What happens when he comes over later to apologize?

10. Kinsey decides she has to return to Nikki's beach house to follow up on something. What is it, and what is the result of the follow up?

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