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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 the name of the bar where the May Mothers met on the night Midas disappeared?
(a) The Bitter Lemon.
(b) The Painted Goat.
(c) The Speckled Hen.
(d) The Jolly Llama.

2. What is Nell's line of work?
(a) Public policy analysis.
(b) Information security.
(c) Investment fund management.
(d) Medical equipment sales.

3. How do both Neeley and Teb respond to Colette's latest chapters?
(a) They suggest that she needs a co-author.
(b) They are critical and disappointed.
(c) They urge her to work faster.
(d) They are pleased and intrigued.

4. When Lowell learns that Francie is texting Winnie, what do his comments imply?
(a) He thinks that Francie is stalking Winnie.
(b) He is jealous of Winnie.
(c) He thinks that Winnie is a bad influence on Francie.
(d) He is suspicious of Winnie.

5. What reason does Nell give for firing Alma?
(a) Alma's undocumented status.
(b) The journalists hounding Alma.
(c) Her partner's objections to Alma.
(d) Her suspicion that Alma took Midas.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Eight, what is it revealed that Colette has been worrying about?

2. What does Nell claim not to remember about the night at the bar?

3. On page 80, what significant words does the narrator end Chapter Six with?

4. What is Francie's partner's name?

5. Before leaving for his next meeting, what does the mayor ask Colette to send him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Francie bring a camera with her to the park in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter Eleven, what does Francie decide the police need to investigate further?

3. Who is "Token," and what is the implied source of his nickname?

4. What does Francie mention having seen on Patricia Faith's television show, and how does Nell react?

5. When Colette takes the Midas file for the second time, what does she see that links her to the case and what does she do with it?

6. When the narrator is pacing inside her house, what memory does she recall, wondering if it was a hallucination?

7. How do Chapters One through Three characterize Nell?

8. How does Bodhi Mogaro's attorney explain away the evidence against Mogaro?

9. Why is Nell returning to work, and how does she feel about it?

10. What does Winnie leave on the table at the bar, and where does it eventually end up?

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