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

2. In Chapter 25, what key place does Kinsey return to?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Charlie's place.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Salton Sea.

3. Kinsey returns home from John Powers' place and does a complete review of the Fife case. What conclusion does she come to?
(a) That a lot of the information is contradictory.
(b) That she can't eliminate Charlie Scorsoni as a suspect.
(c) That she needs to throw it all out and start over.
(d) That it all points to Gwen as Laurence's killer.

4. What is the result of what Kinsey does on the insurance fraud case?
(a) The fraudster assaults Kinsey.
(b) The fraudster lodges a complaint with the police about Kinsey.
(c) The insurance company does not want to prosecute the case.
(d) The fraudster leaves town.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kinsey regret regarding Sharon?

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

3. What valuable piece of information does Greg Fife tell Kinsey that relates to his father's case?

4. Kinsey pulls a gun on Lyle Abernathy when she returns to the key place. What is the result of this?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. The morning after Sharon Napier's death, Kinsey heads to Salton Sea. Who does she meet there, and what does she learn?

2. When she gets home from Nikki's beach house, Charlie is waiting for Kinsey, but she is not very happy to see him. She agrees to go to dinner with him. What happens at the Ranch House restaurant?

3. 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?

4. What is the result of Kinsey's going to the Ranch House restaurant with Charlie?

5. 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?

6. After meeting with Garry Steinberg, Kinsey goes back to the Glass residence where only Mrs. Glass is waiting for her. What happens when they go down to the basement to get Libby's things?

7. Kinsey now knows that Gwen killed Laurence but is still puzzled about the deaths of Libby and Sharon. She realizes there must be another murderer. Where does she go, and what does she plan to do?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. What does Kinsey learn at her meeting with Garry Steinberg?

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