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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. What is Mrs. McTigue's impression of Cary Harper?
(a) He cuts an impressive figure.
(b) He is insecure.
(c) He is balding.
(d) He is unimpressive.

2. Who appears at the restaurant as Kay and Mark finish dinner?
(a) Sparacino.
(b) Joni Hamm.
(c) Cary Harper.
(d) Pete Marino.

3. In Chapter 7, where is Cary Harper murdered?
(a) In his bedroom in Cutler's Grove.
(b) At Culpeper's Tavern.
(c) Outside his Cutler Grove home.
(d) In Colonial Williamsburg.

4. Where in Cutler Grove is there an oil portrait of a young girl?
(a) Over the fireplace.
(b) In the foyer.
(c) In Cary Harper's bedroom.
(d) In the dining room.

5. Who has a lot to lose if the manuscript is published?
(a) Sparacino.
(b) Sterling Harper.
(c) Mark James.
(d) Cary Harper.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many fibers has Joni collected from Beryl's hair, neck, chest, and fingernails?

2. What does Mark do after he and Kay leave Sparacino's office?

3. How long ago was the painting over the fireplace framed?

4. What happens to Kay's car at the murder scene?

5. What is the rank of Pete Marino?

Short Essay Questions

1. Waiting for her flight back to Richmond, what does Kay learn about Mark James?

2. In Chapter 8, where does Sterling have Kay sleep, and how comfortable is Kay?

3. Why do Kay and Pete visit Benton Wesley, and what do they gain from their meeting with him.

4. How do newspaper headlines implicate Kay, and why does this prompt Ethridge to caution her?

5. How does Al know Beryl Madison, and what does he discover about her car?

6. What does Kay learn from Sterling Harper?

7. In Chapter 5, after dinner and drinks with Sparacino, what does Mark do back at the hotel?

8. In what condition does Kay find Sterling during the middle of the night?

9. In Chapter 1, how does Pete know that Beryl has not eaten a snack before she is killed?

10. Why does Beryl speak at the meeting as a favor?

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