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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Nikki Fife wants Kinsey to investigate a crime from some years before. Where does she meet Kinsey?
2. Whom does Kinsey interview after she leaves Nikki's former home?
3. Soon after leaving her interview with Nikki, Kinsey returns to her surveillance of the insurance fraudster. What does she notice has changed at the woman's apartment?
4. What does Lyle suggest to Kinsey was the cause of Libby's death?
5. Where does Kinsey keep the information she records on her cases?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What does Kinsey find out about the Fife children by talking to Gwen at her dog-grooming business?
3. 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?
4. Gwen tells Kinsey that Laurence had an affair with the wife of a judge. What does Kinsey do with this information, and what does she find out?
5. Kinsey and Nikki discuss how Laurence died. What was the cause of his death?
6. How does Kinsey decide that she will investigate the case for Nikki?
7. What happens when Lyle comes over to lunch at the Glasses'?
8. What is Con Dolan's impression of Kinsey's assessment of the Fife case?
9. What other case has Kinsey started working on when she is approached by Nikki?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define the component of the literary element of plot known as exposition. What purpose does it serve in writing? Give four examples of Sue Grafton's use of exposition in "'A' Is for Alibi" that enhance the novel.
Essay Topic 2
What do the element of challenges add to a work of fiction, in particular, the murder mystery novel? What challenges does Kinsey Millhone face in "'A' Is for Alibi"? Give four examples of challenges, and explain how she overcomes or is defeated by these challenges.
Essay Topic 3
Conflict is a common element of writing in both fiction and nonfiction. Why is conflict so often used in narratives? How can it help move a story along? Give four examples where conflict in "'A' Is for Alibi" occurs and how it helps explain the relationship between Kinsey and other characters.
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