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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 Kinsey's dinner companion tell her as they eat at the restaurant?
(a) That he wanted to become a private investigator.
(b) That he wanted to ask Kinsey out.
(c) That he hated the town and wanted to leave.
(d) That his wife had been sick for years and had died of multiple sclerosis.

2. Kinsey heads for the spa after she is finished looking at the courthouse document. Whose office does she go to?
(a) Dr. Poletti.
(b) Dr. Dunne's.
(c) Dr. Pearl.
(d) Dr. Hakim.

3. Kinsey leaves the restaurant and her dinner companion behind and heads to the pool hall. Who does she hope to see there?
(a) Jerry Lee Haws.
(b) Shana Timberlake.
(c) Ann Fowler.
(d) Curtis Pearl.

4. What is Ann's reaction to her mother's death?
(a) She is shocked into silence.
(b) She cries about giving her a shot that killed Ori.
(c) She is angry and swearing a lot.
(d) She is cold and indifferent.

5. What do Rick and Kinsey talk about at the pool hall?
(a) Where Bailey is hiding.
(b) Their cars.
(c) The sorry state of his marriage.
(d) His account of the night Jean died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kinsey manages to get away from the person confronting her on the spa property. She runs up the fire road and up a hill. Where does she end up?

2. After looking at Jean's school records, what does Kinsey learn about the girl from the principal?

3. Who speculated that Ori's insulin had been replaced by something she was allergic to?

4. After the doctor finishes his shower, how does he respond to Kinsey's questions about Jean Timberlake?

5. What does the doctor at the spa tell Kinsey about Jean?

Short Essay Questions

1. While going through the documents that Dwight Shales gave her, what does Kinsey discover about Jean Timberlake's last few months at school? When discussing the documents, what else did Dwight tell her about Jean?

2. The morning after the threatening phone call, what does Kinsey ask Ann in regards to Jean? What does Ann tell her?

3. After Kinsey is attacked at the spa, where does she go to eat? Who does she end up eating with and what do they talk about?

4. The night of Kinsey's attack at the spa she goes to the pool hall. Who does she talk with there? What does Kinsey learn?

5. Why does Kinsey head over to the Baptist Church after finding the item outside the apartment? What happens there? Where does she go next and what does she speculate about?

6. When Kinsey goes back to the motel after talking to members of a local family at the pool hall, who does she run into? What does this person tell her?

7. After Ori's death, Kinsey goes to Shana's apartment. What does she find outside and what information does this object tell her?

8. At the beginning of Chapter 21, Kinsey phones both Shana and Dr. Dunne's office. What does she want to know? Is she successful?

9. What is Kinsey thinking about as she heads off to the Eucalyptus Mineral Springs Hotel spa after having no luck finding Shana at the three places she's checked? When she gets there, who does she talk to?

10. What is the reaction of the spouse of the person who attacked Kinsey at the spa? What is the name of this person and what do they tell Kinsey about Jean Timberlake?

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