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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had happened to Blaze right before she met Dawn?
(a) Her husband had died.
(b) She had been assaulted.
(c) She had lost her job.
(d) She had left a bad marriage.

2. Why had the San Diego Yacht Club given the job of Keeper to Ambrose?
(a) No one else wanted it.
(b) He was most qualified.
(c) He begged for the position.
(d) He was the most loyal of members.

3. In Chapter 8, to what does Blaze compare the Dawn Coyotes of this world?
(a) Rodents.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Viruses.
(d) Insects.

4. What gets Taylor to talk?
(a) Boggs tells her the real reason for why Oliver is living with her and the children.
(b) Boggs lets her know that Oliver is a murder suspect.
(c) Oliver confesses to murdering Dawn.
(d) Taylor's neighbor tells her what Oliver did.

5. What happens to the beer containing the second dose of medication?
(a) Simon drinks it accidentally.
(b) It spills all over Blaze’s chest.
(c) It is spilled all over Simon.
(d) Blaze drinks it accidentally.

6. How does Ambrose know he chose the right girl for the job?
(a) Blaze has done this before.
(b) Blaze understands that it has been hard for him putting control into the hands of others, as he likes to be in complete control.
(c) Blaze is clearly very intelligent.
(d) Blaze is good at catering to the needs of the men she is around.

7. In Chapter 10, where is Blaze staying?
(a) With her sister, Rosie.
(b) Her apartment.
(c) In Dawn’s apartment.
(d) A hotel room on Shelter Island.

8. When the homicide team gathers, what do they wonder about the location of Blaze’s body?
(a) They find it to be very typical.
(b) They wonder why she chose that spot to jump.
(c) They find it odd.
(d) They wonder how she got there.

9. How does Ambrose murder Blaze?
(a) He strangles her with the sash of his smoking jacket.
(b) He drugs her.
(c) He pushes her off the balcony.
(d) He shoots her with her revolver.

10. How does Blaze escape Oliver?
(a) Blaze keeps silent, as she watches Oliver murder Dawn.
(b) Blaze jumps off the steps onto Oliver and starts to beat him up. He then flees.
(c) Blaze slips out of her blue robe that Oliver has ahold of, runs into her apartment, and locks the door.
(d) Blaze punches Oliver, and he runs away.

11. In Chapter 7, when does Miles believe the Kiwis will clinch the win?
(a) The following Thursday.
(b) The next day.
(c) Never.
(d) The following Wednesday.

12. When Leeds and Fortney receive a call of a floater, why is the body unidentifiable?
(a) It has been shot in the face.
(b) Bacteria had quickly eaten away at the corpse.
(c) It is not human.
(d) It is missing its head.

13. For how much money does Blaze ask Ambrose for the one real and four fictitious tapes?
(a) $1,000 each.
(b) $15,000 total.
(c) $20,000 total.
(d) $5,000 each.

14. On Wednesday evening, who can Fortney not forget?
(a) Leeds.
(b) His ex-wives.
(c) The dead body floating in the water.
(d) Blaze.

15. What is the name Leeds gives to Simon Cooke?
(a) Beach Bum.
(b) Wharf Rat.
(c) Simon the Crook.
(d) Snaggle Tooth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a rule when Anne was a vice cop?

2. What had Anne wanted to join in the 1970s?

3. How does Letch feel about Dawn’s murder?

4. Until when does Ambrose want to keep the Cup?

5. What unusual piece of clothing does Ambrose wear to the yacht-club brunch?

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