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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. After having tea with Ann, Kinsey goes to her motel room. What does she discover?
(a) That the cleaning woman spilled cleaning fluid all over the carpet.
(b) That her air conditioner has broken.
(c) That someone turned on the water in her room and flooded it.
(d) That someone has broken into her room.

2. What does Kinsey find out while Shana is in the shower?
(a) That Shana is wanted by police.
(b) That Shana is Royce's illegitimate daughter.
(c) That Shana has been corresponding with Bailey.
(d) That Shana has received a sealed greeting card from Los Angeles.

3. What does Shana deny to Kinsey concerning Jean?
(a) That she was dealing drugs.
(b) That she was failing in school.
(c) That she was looking for her biological father.
(d) That she had hated her mother.

4. After talking to Ann about her parents, where does Kinsey go hoping to find Shana Timberlake?
(a) The local pool hall.
(b) The liquor store.
(c) The spa.
(d) The drugstore.

5. Kinsey has to live with Henry Pitts while her place is being renovated. Who is Henry?
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) Her boss.
(c) Her landlord.
(d) Her sister's ex-husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kinsey sees Shana for the first time, why is she surprised?

2. Royce brings another person with him when he interviews Kinsey. Who is it?

3. What is the name of the motel Kinsey will call home during Bailey's case?

4. Who did the man who hauled Bailey out of the courtroom turn out to be?

5. How does Kinsey express her anger with Royce?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Royce Fowler particularly interested in proving his son's innocence with Kinsey's help?

2. KInsey finally gets to talk to Shana about Jean. What does she find out?

3. After visiting Bailey in jail, Kinsey returns to the motel and has a glass of wine with his sister, Ann. What does Ann tell Kinsey about her parents' early life? What are Ann's views on Jean's death?

4. What does the lawyer tell Kinsey about Bailey's first brush with the law, before Jean's death?

5. Who joined Kinsey and Pearl in the bar and what did Kinsey learn from him? What happens at the end of the conversation?

6. Kinsey heads to San Luis Obispo. Who does she go to see there? How is she received at his office? What surprising detail does he tell her at the end of their visit?

7. After Kinsey returns home from her first meeting with Royce Fowler, what does she do to find out more about Bailey Fowler and Jean Timberlake? What does she learn about Bailey?

8. Bailey calls Kinsey in her new motel room. What do they talk about? What happens at the end of the conversation?

9. How do Ann Fowler and her mother get along? In Chapter 3, how do we know that Ori might be racist?

10. What events happen in the courtroom soon after everyone is waiting for Bailey's case to be called?

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