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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of work is Mark James's firm involved?

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

3. What does Sterling tell Kay that she told Cary?

4. To where does Mark send Kay a ticket unexpectedly after she leaves Joni Hamm?

5. From where does Joni suspect that the six nylon fibers in the trace analysis source originate?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, in addition to telling Kay that he is relocating to northern Virginia, for what purpose does Mark James visit Kay?

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

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

4. In Chapter 3, where does Kay learn about Beryl's lecture, and for what organization does she learn that Beryl spoke?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Mark believe that Sparacino is after Kay?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sterling visits Johns Hopkins Hospital for cancer treatments. Does she try to keep her cancer secret? When we learn that she commits suicide, what is the state of her cancer? Is there something else at play here besides her illness?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the similarities in the murders of Beryl and Cary Harper's, and then discuss the differences Kay discovers. Which seem more important the common themes or the differences, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Both Al Hunt and Frankie Aims spend time in Valhalla and become friends. What is common about their backgrounds and their social maladjustments? Does Frankie have a detrimental influence on Al? Explain your reasons for your answer.

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