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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kinsey go to see Tap Granger for the first time?
(a) At Bailey's old apartment.
(b) The gas station where he works.
(c) At a beach house.
(d) The local bar.

2. What does someone tell Kinsey about Tap's last night alive?
(a) This individual tells Kinsey that Tap got a call from someone with a slurred voice.
(b) That he threatened to turn Bailey in.
(c) That he had gotten very drunk.
(d) That he had confessed to killing Jean.

3. What does Shana tell Kinsey about her relationship with Jean just before she died?
(a) They had become distant because of Jean's lifestyle.
(b) That Shana had been against Jean leaving town for college.
(c) It was close but Jean preferred staying with her aunt.
(d) They were close but Jean had taken to sneaking out of their apartment.

4. Where is Bailey at the beginning of the book?
(a) Staying with his parents.
(b) Living in San Diego.
(c) In jail doing five years for fraud.
(d) In jail waiting to be arraigned.

5. After talking to Kinsey, Tap leaves to go to the bathroom. What happens after that?
(a) Kinsey has a drink or two too many.
(b) There is an explosion in a back room.
(c) Royce shows up.
(d) Kinsey waits but he never returns.

6. Kinsey spends hours talking to someone after Bailey hung up on her. Who did she talk to?
(a) David Poletti.
(b) Dwight Swales.
(c) Sal Quintana.
(d) Alex Millhone.

7. What does Shana say about the money Bailey and Tap had acquired through their criminal activity?
(a) That the Fowlers had used it to repair the motel.
(b) That she knew nothing about it.
(c) That Jean had spent it on a car before she died.
(d) That Shana suspected Bailey still had it.

8. After meeting Oribelle and Ann for the first time at the motel, where does Kinsey go?
(a) To San Luis Obispo.
(b) To Salton Beach.
(c) To Santa Teresa.
(d) To Los Angeles.

9. After leaving the spa for the first time, where does Kinsey go?
(a) To the local newspaper office.
(b) To the pool hall.
(c) To the gym.
(d) To do some shopping.

10. Bailey's lawyer tells Kinsey about Bailey's first criminal charge when he had just finished high school. What was it for?
(a) Armed robbery.
(b) Arson.
(c) Petty theft.
(d) Passing bad checks.

11. How does Kinsey express her anger with Royce?
(a) She tells him she wants off the case.
(b) She threatens to call the police.
(c) She bad-mouths him to Ann right in front of him.
(d) She tells him if he doesn't like the way things are, he could hire someone else.

12. On the phone to him in her new motel room, what does Kinsey try to talk Bailey into doing?
(a) Running away with her.
(b) Leaving the state.
(c) Turning himself in.
(d) Seeing his father one last time.

13. Royce believes Bailey is innocent and has a good reason to want his innocence proven soon. What is it?
(a) Royce knows the real killer is about to leave the country.
(b) Bailey owes him money.
(c) Royce is dying of cancer.
(d) Bailey stands to inherit a lot of money if he's innocent.

14. Why does Kinsey feel uneasy about Henry Pitts?
(a) She lost her parents as a child and doesn't want to become attached to him.
(b) She thinks he is overcharging her on rent.
(c) She thinks he might have a shady past.
(d) She thinks she might be falling in love with him.

15. Kinsey goes for a run when she gets home from her first meeting with Royce. Where does she run?
(a) Through her neighborhood.
(b) On the country roads outside of town.
(c) Through Ocean View trailer park.
(d) On the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kinsey find out had happened to Tap after he went to the bathroom?

2. Kinsey finally decides to visit Shana in her small apartment. What has Shana been doing?

3. After she visits Shana, how does Royce make Kinsey angry?

4. Which of the following was not true about Jean?

5. After talking to Ann about her parents, where does Kinsey go hoping to find Shana Timberlake?

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