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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 does Mark point out about the opening of Chapter 25?
(a) The page is tear stained.
(b) The page is blood stained.
(c) The page is a photocopy.
(d) The page is torn.

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

3. What does Kay learn about Sterling from Dr. Ismail?
(a) Sterling's cancer was not doing well.
(b) Sterling was writing a novel.
(c) Sterling had a son.
(d) Sterling had a daughter.

4. Who has been released from jail on bond?
(a) Fielding.
(b) Jeb Price.
(c) Al Hunt.
(d) Sparacino.

5. Why does Kay take annual leave?
(a) To check with the airlines and Amtrak about Sterling's travels.
(b) To visit her mother.
(c) To rest.
(d) To visit Mark James.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, whom does Kay kill after he enters her home?

2. For what is Sparacino being watched?

3. What happens to Pete's LTD?

4. How does Kay carry the manuscript back to the hotel?

5. What clientele does Kay encounter at the LaConcha Hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kay gain PJ's trust?

2. What does Kay receive from Mark James, and what does he tell her?

3. What does PJ give Kay, and how does that make her feel?

4. How does Kay learn that there is something on her back porch, and what is it?

5. Why is Jim Barnes fired, and what happens to him?

6. In Chapter 15, why does Kay suddenly decide to go to Key West?

7. What happens over coffee at Kay's house?

8. What does Dr. Ismail reveal to Kay and Pete about Sterling?

9. In Chapter 17, how does Kay confuse and distract the courier in her home?

10. Who stops by Kay's table during breakfast with Ethridge, and whom does she recognize?

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