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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Kay looking for PJ?
(a) Pete knows him.
(b) He is mentioned in Beryl's letters.
(c) He is in one of Beryl's Civil War books.
(d) She wants to have a drink with him.

2. What does Frankie do when he is excited?
(a) Stutters.
(b) Swears.
(c) Yawns.
(d) Giggles.

3. What does Mark send Kay after she returns to Richmond?
(a) Two dozen lilies.
(b) Two dozen roses.
(c) One dozen lilies.
(d) One dozen roses.

4. Who runs away from home ?
(a) Frankie.
(b) Jim Jim.
(c) Al Hunt.
(d) Beryl Madison.

5. Who is Frankie's social worker?
(a) Sue Warren.
(b) Jeanie Sample.
(c) Warner Masterson.
(d) Jim Barnes.

6. What clientele does Kay encounter at the LaConcha Hotel?
(a) Businessmen.
(b) Teenagers.
(c) Same-sex couples.
(d) Police officers.

7. What is one characteristic of a Valhalla patient named Frankie?
(a) He touches himself.
(b) He uses profanity repeatedly.
(c) He is obsessively neat.
(d) He sways from side to side.

8. Where does Pete say he last saw the medallion?
(a) In Cutler Grove.
(b) At the murder scene.
(c) In the tavern.
(d) Sterling Harper was wearing it.

9. What does Hunt say the killer wants to possess?
(a) Beryl's gun.
(b) Beryl's freedom and fame.
(c) The manuscript.
(d) Signed copies of Beryl's books.

10. What happens to Pete's LTD?
(a) It runs out of gas.
(b) It is vandalized.
(c) It explodes.
(d) The license plates are stolen.

11. What is the name of the psychiatric hospital where the killer was a patient?
(a) Hampton General Hospital.
(b) The Veterans Administration Hospital.
(c) Richmond Memorial.
(d) Valhalla.

12. What senator and his son visit Kay and Ethridge's breakfast table?
(a) Senator Partin.
(b) Senator Johnson.
(c) Senator Stevens.
(d) Senator Williams.

13. Who is PJ's partner?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Warren.
(c) Walt.
(d) Willie.

14. In Chapter 13, where is Valhalla Hospital?
(a) Henreico County, Virginia.
(b) James County, Virginia.
(c) York County, Virginia.
(d) Albemarle County, Virginia.

15. Who has sued Kay, the police, and the governor?
(a) Sparacino.
(b) Ethridge.
(c) Fielding.
(d) Mark James.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kay learn about Mark in Chapter 16 when she discovers him in her Key West hotel room?

2. What does Pete advise Kay to do for her safety?

3. For what does Ethridge say has Mark James done time?

4. In Chapter 10, with whom do Kay and Pete meet at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia?

5. Who commits suicide by hanging?

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