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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ambrose returns home, he is afraid to open the trunk of his car and see whose eyes?
(a) His mother’s.
(b) Blaze’s.
(c) His sister’s.
(d) Simon’s.

2. What is NOT a reason given for why Ambrose sees the Cup as practically a living thing?
(a) He cares for the Cup more than he cares for any human.
(b) He can feel its heartbeat.
(c) It is the reason for the successes in his life.
(d) It has given him a life like he has never had before.

3. What unusual piece of clothing does Ambrose wear to the yacht-club brunch?
(a) A top hat.
(b) A straw boater.
(c) A smoking jacket.
(d) A wool suit.

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

5. How does Ambrose hurt his foot when dumping Blaze’s body in Fisherman’s Channel?
(a) The concrete block tied to Blaze falls onto his foot.
(b) He begins to go down the embankment with Blaze but catches his foot on a guardrail.
(c) He trips and falls.
(d) He drops her on his foot.

6. What is Anne’s response when Boggs asks her if she thinks he is becoming obsessed with this case?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, and he needs to stop.
(c) Yes, a little.
(d) Yes, but that is understandable.

7. Chapter 9 takes place on what day?
(a) Mardi Gras.
(b) Easter Sunday.
(c) Good Friday.
(d) Passover.

8. Why does Ambrose begin to sob when he sees that Blaze’s name was Mary Ellen Singleton?
(a) He believed her when she said her name was Blaze Duvall.
(b) His sister’s name was Mary Ellen.
(c) She had such a nice name.
(d) His mother’s name was Mary Ellen.

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

10. After checking Taylor's home, Anne comes back grinning with what in her hand?
(a) A bloody washcloth.
(b) A bloody knife.
(c) A written confession.
(d) A bloody piece of Dawn's clothing.

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

12. 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 wonder how she got there.
(d) They find it odd.

13. What beer does Miles ask for?
(a) A Canadian beer.
(b) A German beer.
(c) An Austrian beer.
(d) An American beer.

14. Who lets Letch know that Oliver Mantleberry has been asking about Dawn’s whereabouts?
(a) Anne Zorn.
(b) Mick Fortney.
(c) Rita Mason.
(d) Blaze Duvall.

15. When Ambrose arrives at Blaze’s home and sees the police tape, what does he assume?
(a) Blaze’s friend had also been murdered.
(b) The cops are out looking for him.
(c) Someone else was murdered at Blaze’s apartment complex.
(d) The cops have already found Blaze and where she lived.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the SWAT team not called to enter Oliver’s home?

3. Blaze can tell that Miles is nervous about a night with her and is compensating by doing what?

4. Who does Boggs want to take down Oliver Mantleberry?

5. What had happened to Blaze’s sister, Rosie?

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