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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. Bailey's first criminal charge involved another individual. What was his name?

2. When Kinsey asks the wife of the owner of the spa about Jean Timberlake, what is her response?

3. After having tea with Ann, Kinsey goes to her motel room. What does she discover?

4. What time did the eyewitness say Bailey and Jean were seen at the beach the night she died?

5. Kinsey decides to visit a high school classmate of Jean's. She goes to see David Poletti. What does he do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened at the motel after Bailey escaped from the courtroom?

2. Who hires Kinsey Millhone at the beginning of F is for Fugitive? What will Kinsey be paid to do?

3. Kinsey finally gets a chance to meet Shana Timberlake, Jean's mother. Where does she meet her and what are the circumstances?

4. Kinsey goes to the local high school to try to find out more about Jean Timberlake. How does she do this and what does she find out?

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

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

7. 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?

8. Kinsey goes to the local bar and sits with the owner, Curtis Pearl, known as Pearl, who tells her something about the night of Jean's death. What does he tell her?

9. When Kinsey goes to the Eucalyptus Mineral Springs Hotel spa for the first time, what does she observe there? Who owns the hotel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The setting refers to the time and the place where a story occurs. Discuss the main setting of F is for Fugitive as the background for the telling of the narrative. What elements of the setting would be very different if the novel was set in a large city? Give four specific examples.

Essay Topic 2

In reference to the plotting of F is for Fugitive,

(1) Why are the events of the novel arranged as they are?

(2) What moves the narrative along? Is it external action or internal conflicts? Or is it a combination of both? Support your answer with three examples.

Essay Topic 3

What does the element of challenges add to a work of fiction, and in particular, the murder mystery novel? What challenges does Kinsey Millhone face in F is for Fugitive? Give four examples of challenges and explain how she overcomes or is defeated by these challenges.

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