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

2. Where do Royce Fowler and his wife live?
(a) On the entire ground floor of the motel.
(b) In their motel, in an apartment behind the main desk.
(c) In a separate bungalow on the property.
(d) In a house across the highway from the motel.

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

4. After the men escaped from the courtroom, what happened to them?
(a) They were picked up by an accomplice in a van.
(b) They jumped into a car and sped off.
(c) The man with the gun surrendered and Bailey escaped.
(d) The man with the gun was killed by deputies and Bailey escaped.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had happened to Kinsey's residence during her last case?

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

3. What crimes that he and Bailey were involved in does Tap talk about the second time Kinsey meets him?

4. What does the man who burst into the courtroom do, before hauling Bailey out of the courtroom with him?

5. Kinsey meets with Bailey's lawyer soon after she leaves the motel for the first time. What is his lawyer's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the Fowler family live? List the three family members who live there and briefly describe each one.

2. After her visit to the high school, Kinsey heads over to the San Luis Obispo jail to meet with Bailey Fowler. What is his mood and what does he say about Jean?

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 happened at the motel after Bailey escaped from the courtroom?

5. While at the high school, who does Kinsey talk to and what is the result?

6. After visiting the Eucalyptus Mineral Springs spa, Kinsey returns to the pool hall. What does she find out what happened to Tap after their conversation the night before?

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. After Royce is taken to the hospital, Kinsey has tea with Ann and finds out about her unhappy childhood. When Kinsey goes to her room for the night, what does she discover? How is the situation handled?

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

10. Who is Henry Pitts and how does Kinsey feel about him?

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