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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gwen calls Kinsey to meet with her for the third time. What does she want to tell Kinsey?
(a) The names of the men she'd had an affair with while she was married to Laurence.
(b) The proof Nikki didn't kill Laurence.
(c) The reasons why Libby couldn't have been murdered.
(d) The name of the person who killed Laurence.

2. Kinsey picks up her developed photos after visiting the homicide division. What is significant about the photos?
(a) They prove Lyle Abernathy was crooked.
(b) They show Charlie Scorsoni having lunch with Nikki Fife.
(c) Nothing because they are all overexposed and useless.
(d) They show the fraudster lifting an item she shouldn't be able to lift if she was injured.

3. What valuable piece of information does Greg Fife tell Kinsey that relates to his father's case?
(a) Laurence did not take his medication that weekend.
(b) Laurence was very nervous all that weekend.
(c) His sister Diane knew something about Laurence's death.
(d) Greg overheard his father talking to Libby Glass on the phone.

4. After arriving at her conclusion about Charlie Scorsoni, Kinsey looks at something she took from Sharon's apartment. What does it tell her?
(a) That Sharon had kept a diary about Laurence Fife.
(b) That Sharon had been in touch with Charlie.
(c) That Sharon's real name was Nell White.
(d) That Sharon had tapped her phone.

5. Why is the information Kinsey finds out during her phone call to Charlotte Mercer important to the case?
(a) Lyle Abernathy is Laurence Fife's illegitimate son.
(b) Mrs. Napier and Libby Glass have the same first name.
(c) Mrs. Napier is Libby Glass's aunt.
(d) Mrs. Napier is now a suspect in the case.

6. When Kinsey meets with Nikki after visiting the Glasses for the second time, what does she ask Nikki to examine?
(a) Her memory about the Labor Day weekend before Laurence died.
(b) A newspaper report on Laurence's death.
(c) Libby's diary for the six months before Laurence died.
(d) The letter Kinsey found addressed to "Darling Elizabeth."

7. Kinsey is still working on the insurance fraudster case. What does she decide to do to catch the woman out?
(a) She buys a large plant and leaves it for the fraudster as a gift.
(b) She looks through the woman's windows with binoculars.
(c) She phones her at odd hours.
(d) She follows her around all day.

8. What does Charlie's secretary give Kinsey when she phones her to ask about his whereabouts when Sharon died?
(a) She gives Kinsey the full details of where he was that day.
(b) She gives Kinsey the phone number of where she can reach him.
(c) She gives Kinsey a lecture on minding her own business.
(d) She gives Kinsey his itinerary for the week ahead.

9. What is the result of what Kinsey does on the insurance fraud case?
(a) The fraudster leaves town.
(b) The fraudster assaults Kinsey.
(c) The insurance company does not want to prosecute the case.
(d) The fraudster lodges a complaint with the police about Kinsey.

10. When Kinsey returns to the Glass residence, what does Mrs. Glass call Libby?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Lillabelle.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Liza.

11. After looking at her newly developed photos, Kinsey decides to call Charlotte Mercer. Why?
(a) Charlotte mysteriously appears in the background of a restaurant shot.
(b) She wants to ask Charlotte something that will help the case.
(c) She wants to offer Charlotte one of the photos.
(d) Charlotte has left her five messages to give her a call.

12. On a hunch and before she leaves the key place, Kinsey talks to Garry Steinberg. What does she tell him?
(a) That she thinks Charlie Scorsoni was embezzling funds at his firm.
(b) That she thinks there is a serial killer in Santa Teresa.
(c) That she thinks all the victims in the case were killed by one person.
(d) That she believes he has been lying to her all along.

13. When Kinsey meets Colin Fife for the first time, what does she think he looks like?
(a) A lion cub.
(b) A gargoyle.
(c) A pixie.
(d) A little old man.

14. Where was Charlie supposed to have been the night of Sharon's murder?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Tucson.
(c) New York.
(d) Sacramento.

15. One of Kinsey's contacts lets her in on some new information about a past work position Lyle Abernathy held. What is the information?
(a) That Lyle had been Laurence Fife's driver.
(b) That Lyle had once apprenticed with a locksmith.
(c) That Lyle had installed the alarm systems at the Fife home.
(d) That Lyle had worked with the same firm that Libby Glass did.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kinsey want to see Colin Fife for a second time?

2. On her second visit to their house, what does Kinsey hear in the Glass's basement?

3. Whom does Kinsey meet with right after she gets back from L.A.?

4. What does Libby's coworker tell Kinsey about Libby?

5. How does Kinsey respond to Charlie when he takes her out to the Ranch House in Ojai?

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