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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 Kay notice about the paper that is wrapped around Beryl's picture at Mrs. McTigue's home?
(a) It is high-quality rag stock.
(b) It is poor quality rag stock.
(c) It is embossed.
(d) It is speckled.

2. Why does Pete think Beryl runs away to Key West?
(a) Her aunt lives there.
(b) She writes better there.
(c) Her manuscript is there.
(d) She is a "fag."

3. To what hospital is Kay bringing samples of levomethorphan on Monday?
(a) Walter Reed.
(b) Duke University.
(c) Georgetown Medical Center.
(d) Johns Hopkins.

4. What function does Backhall serve at Valhalla?
(a) A forensic unit.
(b) An admissions unit.
(c) A solitary unit.
(d) A schizophrenic unit.

5. Who calls Kay to warn her about not having other men in the house?
(a) Mark James.
(b) Frankie.
(c) Sparacino.
(d) Pete.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hunt say is the killer?

2. How many employees are there at the car wash?

3. Who runs away from home ?

4. How does Jim Barnes die?

5. Who comes to Kay's house to give her a profile of the killer?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, why does Kay travel to the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and what does she learn?

2. Why does Beryl Madison take up writing?

3. In Chapter 11, why do Pete and Kay travel to Baltimore by train?

4. Why does Al Hunt visit Kay at home, and what does he tell her?

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

6. Why can Al never work as a psychologist?

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

8. Why did Sterling stay in the Harbor Court Hotel during her visits to Johns Hopkins?

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

10. In Chapter 13, what does Kay learn about Al Hunt from Dr. Masterson at Valhalla?

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