View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once Kinsey gets inside Sharon's apartment, what does she find there?
(a) A dead body.
(b) Explosive devices.
(c) Charlie Scorsoni.
(d) An unknown intruder who pushes by Kinsey and escapes.

2. What condition does Kinsey put on Nikki's request to investigate the crime?
(a) She demands $4000 up front.
(b) She says that Nikki must not question how Kinsey will proceed.
(c) She will investigate this old case only if new evidence can be found.
(d) She asks for any items Nikki has that belonged to Laurence.

3. The phone call from Sharon prompts Kinsey to go to Sharon's apartment. What happens there?
(a) A man comes out of an apartment and runs away.
(b) A police car is cruising up and down in front of the building.
(c) The building superintendant lets Kinsey into Sharon's unit.
(d) No one answers, and Kinsey looks for a key to get in.

4. What does the Santa Teresa detective allow Kinsey to do?
(a) Download his computer files to her memory stick.
(b) Look at the files of Laurence Fife's murder.
(c) Check the computer files for information on Nikki Fife.
(d) Phone his contacts around Santa Teresa.

5. What surprise does Kinsey get when she meets with Libby Glass's parents?
(a) Lyle Abernathy walks their dog.
(b) Lyle Abernathy lives with them.
(c) Lyle Abernathy takes care of their yard.
(d) Lyle Abernathy is coming for lunch.

6. Gwen Fife and Kinsey meet again at a restaurant the evening of their first meeting. What information does Gwen give Kinsey about her children?
(a) Their Social Security numbers.
(b) How they feel about their father's death.
(c) Their addresses and phone numbers.
(d) Where they work.

7. What is the name of the hotel where Sharon Napier worked?
(a) The Pines.
(b) The Fremont.
(c) Rosie's.
(d) The Bagdad.

8. Where does Kinsey keep the information she records on her cases?
(a) On a bulletin board.
(b) On her computer.
(c) On her cell phone.
(d) On a blackboard.

9. Whom does Kinsey interview after she leaves Nikki's former home?
(a) The pharmacist who filled Laurence's prescription.
(b) Nikki's parents.
(c) Laurence's doctor.
(d) Charlie Scorsoni's secretary.

10. What is Kinsey Millhone's occupation?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Private investigator.
(c) Forensic scientist.
(d) Insurance fraud assessor.

11. While they were at Rosie's, what does Nikki tell Kinsey she is absolutely convinced of?
(a) That Laurence was stealing from his firm.
(b) That Laurence was going to kill Sharon Napier.
(c) That Laurence was having an affair before he died.
(d) That Kinsey was the best investigator in town.

12. At their first meeting, what does Gwen give Kinsey permission to do?
(a) To look into Laurence's medical background.
(b) To look into Gwen's financial affairs.
(c) To talk to Gwen's children.
(d) To read Gwen's diaries.

13. When they talk at Rosie's, what does Nikki say was her reason for staying with Laurence?
(a) She still loved him.
(b) He threatened to kill her.
(c) Her young son Colin.
(d) He was rich.

14. Kinsey is trying to find out more about Libby Glass when she goes to L.A. She looks up Lyle Abernathy but finds no listing for him. What was Lyle to Libby?
(a) He was an old boyfriend.
(b) He was her half-brother.
(c) He was her former therapist.
(d) He was her doctor.

15. What poison was used to kill both Laurence Fife and Libby Glass?
(a) Arsenic.
(b) Strychnine.
(c) Cyanide.
(d) Oleander.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Sharon Napier a witness at Nikki's trial for the murder of Laurence?

2. Where does Nikki Fife live, now that she is out of jail?

3. When Kinsey leaves Sharon's apartment for the last time, what does Kinsey take with her?

4. The victim of the crime was Laurence Fife. What relationship was Nikki to him?

5. In Chapter 3, what is Nikki's opinion of Sharon Napier?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 693 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample