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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. Who has been murdered?
(a) The housekeeper.
(b) Sterling Harper.
(c) Mrs. J. R. McTigue.
(d) Beryl Madison.

2. What does Kay discover in her OCME office?
(a) Her medical bag.
(b) Her film.
(c) A flood.
(d) A powerfully built man looking through files.

3. In what month does Beryl speak at the DAR meeting?
(a) November.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) October.

4. What happens to Kay's car at the murder scene?
(a) It is in an accident.
(b) It has ice on the windshield.
(c) It runs out of gas.
(d) It won't start.

5. What does Kay discover about Sterling?
(a) She is dizzy.
(b) She is delirious.
(c) She is dead.
(d) She is asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is missing and therefore cannot substantiate rape?

2. In Chapter 5, at what time do Kay, Mark, and Sparacino finish drinking?

3. What has Pete figured out about Kay's trip?

4. In what condition is the manuscript found in Beryl's bedroom?

5. What is the rank of Pete Marino?

Short Essay Questions

1. What article does Kay omit from her description of Cary Harper's personal effects?

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

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

4. In Chapter 7, why does Kay drive to Cutler Grove, and what does she discover when she arrives?

5. What impression does Kay gain about the time that Beryl Madison lived with the Harpers?

6. What does Kay keep asking herself as she investigates Beryl's house with Pete Marino?

7. In Chapter 4, why does Joni Hamm believe that the killer gets in and out of vehicles all day?

8. In Chapter 9, what does Pete learn about Jeb Price?

9. In Chapter 6, why does Pete Marino call Kay, and what does Kay do in response?

10. Whom does Al Hunt work for at Masterwash, and why does he wear a tie on Fridays?

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