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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 Stephanie do when she spies Shempsky?
(a) Calls the police.
(b) Run him down and apprehend him.
(c) Calls Bunchy.
(d) Calls Lula for backup.

2. What is Stephanie's job that night with Ranger?
(a) To distract a salesman.
(b) To grab a car and drive off.
(c) To distract a lawyer.
(d) To record the proceedings.

3. About what is Mabel optimistic?
(a) That Fred will soon return.
(b) That Mabel is going to take a cruise.
(c) That Fred is out making lots of money.
(d) That Fred will never return.

4. What does Stephanie realize about Bunchy?
(a) He might be the small man with whom Fred gets into a car.
(b) She has seen him with Ranger a few times.
(c) He works for the Treasury department.
(d) His grammar is too perfect to be a bookie.

5. Why does Stephanie run up to her apartment?
(a) To call Morelli.
(b) To get her gun.
(c) To call the police.
(d) To call Ranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Porsche?

2. Who drives Stephanie home?

3. What do Stephanie and Ranger do before Stephanie goes inside her place?

4. What happens to the BMW?

5. Who does Stephanie ask about the check?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ranger respond to the report of the BMW and why do you think he feels the way he does?

2. Why does Stephanie think she and Morelli are working on the same case?

3. What other company seems to have "lost" the names of paying customers and what might this mean?

4. Why does Lipinski kill his wife, Laura and Shempsky kill Fred?

5. What indicates that there is a strong possibility that one of those involved in the money skimming scheme may work for the bank or the garbage company?

6. What does Stephanie suspect about Shempsky and why is it suspicious that he's not at work? What might this foreshadow?

7. How does Stephanie, along with the reader, finally learn about Shempsky's involvement in the situation Stpehanie (and Morelli) has been investigating?

8. What happens when Stephanie meets Ranger for dinner and what do you think is going on?

9. Who attacks Stephanie and why do you think she does not see the attack coming?

10. What is revealed about Fred and Mabel's relationship through mention of what Mabel has been doing?

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