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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. What information is in the item that Kinsey finds outside Shana's apartment?

2. What does Dr. Dunne say about the father of Jean's unborn child?

3. What time had Bailey told Kinsey that he'd been on the beach with Jean the night she died?

4. Kinsey decides to visit the man who had headed the group Jean belonged to. What was his position in town?

5. Dwight Shales shows up at Tap Granger's widow's house. What does he tell Kinsey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the man who headed the Baptist youth group tell Kinsey about the Reverend Haws? How does he know this?

3. 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?

4. What does the spa owner admit to Kinsey about Shana and Jean? What is his reaction to Ori's death? What does he say about the father of Jean's unborn child?

5. What is Ann's reaction to her mother's death? What does she speculate caused it?

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. 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?

8. What happens at the end of Chapter 24 that sends Kinsey racing back to the motel?

9. 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?

10. What was the name of the man who had led the Baptist Church group when he was young? What does he do for a living? How did he respond to Kinsey's suggestion that Jean was interested in him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what foreshadowing is and how it is used in F is for Fugitive, citing three examples that you believe are examples of foreshadowing. Each example must come from a different scene in the book. Explain how each example relates to the outcome of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

F is for Fugitive is a first person narrative, told from private investigator Kinsey Millhone's point-of-view. Briefly explain how the first person narrative is effective and how it is limited. Give four specific examples that show how the story is effective told from Kinsey's point of view, and how our vicarious experience of them is enhanced.

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