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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 is found at the McGaffen house that confirms the doctor's suspicions of abuse on the child?
(a) A lighter in the boy's room.
(b) A knive with skin on it.
(c) Handcuffs with skin on them.
(d) A vise grip with bits of skin on it.

2. Barbara has gone back to school to get her PhD in what subject?
(a) Geology.
(b) French.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Biology.

3. The pathologist says that the rope burn on Carolyn's neck is skinny which indicates that ______________________.
(a) she struggled for a bit and lost consciousness.
(b) she struggled for quite awhile.
(c) she did not struggle.
(d) she died before the rope was tied around her neck.

4. Who is Barbara?
(a) Rusty's sister.
(b) Rusty's wife.
(c) Rusty's cleaning lady.
(d) Rusty's mother.

5. Rusty tells Lipranzer that Rusty's phone number _______________________.
(a) should be a private listing.
(b) will be listed on Carolyn's phone records.
(c) has to be changed.
(d) is on the parking garage wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Carolyn's son?

2. What does Sandy do when Rusty proclaims his innocence?

3. What is Lipranzer's nickname?

4. What does the acronym, "LNU" stand for?

5. Rusty tells Robinson that his love for Carolyn was passionate but _____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rusty's attraction to Carolyn influence his closing statement in the Wendell McGaffen case?

2. How has the author's development of the characters up to this point affect the reader's perception as the murder trial begins?

3. How is Carolyn able to connect with little Wendell McGaffen when preparing for the abuse case?

4. What crime scene evidence is revealed in Chapter 2?

5. What does Rusty tell Robinson about his behavior after Carolyn ended their affair?

6. What quality does Rusty attach to beautiful people like his own father?

7. What is the double meaning of Rusty's telling Robinson that he was lost in his affair with Carolyn?

8. Why did Carolyn most likely want Rusty to run for District Attorney instead of Horgan?

9. Describe Rusty's first encounter with Marty Polhemus at the university.

10. What is the importance to the plot of Rusty's visits with his psychiatrist?

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