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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 picks up her developed photos after visiting the homicide division. What is significant about the photos?
(a) They show the fraudster lifting an item she shouldn't be able to lift if she was injured.
(b) They prove Lyle Abernathy was crooked.
(c) They show Charlie Scorsoni having lunch with Nikki Fife.
(d) Nothing because they are all overexposed and useless.

2. Where was Charlie supposed to have been the night of Sharon's murder?
(a) Tucson.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) New York.

3. What valuable piece of information does Greg Fife tell Kinsey that relates to his father's case?
(a) Laurence was very nervous all that weekend.
(b) Greg overheard his father talking to Libby Glass on the phone.
(c) Laurence did not take his medication that weekend.
(d) His sister Diane knew something about Laurence's death.

4. What was Greg Fife's relationship with his father, Laurence, like?
(a) He worked with his father and hated it.
(b) He was really close to his father.
(c) He was treated like a prince by his father.
(d) He never felt he could please his father.

5. After arriving at her conclusion about Charlie Scorsoni, Kinsey looks at something she took from Sharon's apartment. What does it tell her?
(a) That Sharon had tapped her phone.
(b) That Sharon's real name was Nell White.
(c) That Sharon had been in touch with Charlie.
(d) That Sharon had kept a diary about Laurence Fife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Kinsey phone to arrange a meeting with soon after she returns from L.A.?

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. While visiting Nikki and Colin for the second time, what does Kinsey tell her about Laurence?

4. What does Charlie's secretary give Kinsey when she phones her to ask about his whereabouts when Sharon died?

5. How does Kinsey feel about Charlie's staying the night at her place?

Short Essay Questions

1. On the Monday after her meal with Charlie, Kinsey meets with Con Dolan at homicide. What is the outcome of her meeting with Con?

2. What details does Kinsey have to take care of when she returns to her motel in Los Angeles, after concluding her meetings with Greg and Diane Fife?

3. 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?

4. While driving back to Santa Teresa after visiting Garry Steinberg, what does Kinsey realize about her relationship with Charlie? How do Sharon's phone bills help her verify this?

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

6. What surprising things does Gwen Fife tell Kinsey when she meets her at Rosie's Bar?

7. Kinsey takes boxes of Libby's things back to the motel room. What does she do and what does she find?

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

9. 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?

10. After taking photos of Marcia Threadgill, Garry Steinberg passes some information on to Kinsey. What is it, and why might it be important to the case?

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