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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jim Barnes die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) He is murdered.
(c) He takes a drug overdose.
(d) He falls and cracks his skull.

2. For what does Ethridge say has Mark James done time?
(a) Importuning.
(b) Racketeering and fraud.
(c) Grand larceny.
(d) Homicide.

3. Who has sued Kay, the police, and the governor?
(a) Ethridge.
(b) Sparacino.
(c) Mark James.
(d) Fielding.

4. Who comes to Kay's house to give her a profile of the killer?
(a) Sparacino.
(b) Al Hunt.
(c) Mark James.
(d) Pete.

5. What does Kay threaten to do if Frankie calls her again?
(a) Joke with him.
(b) Call his father.
(c) Arrest him.
(d) Tell him to stop bothering him.

6. What do Kay and Mark do after they make love and sleep?
(a) Walk the beach.
(b) Read the manuscript.
(c) Take a shower.
(d) Eat breakfast.

7. Why is Kay traveling?
(a) To see her mother.
(b) To find the manuscript.
(c) To see Mark James.
(d) To escape the person calling her.

8. What does Pete give Kay after they leave shooting practice?
(a) Ammunition for her gun.
(b) A flak jacket.
(c) A holster.
(d) A license to carry a concealed weapon.

9. What happens to Frankie's mother?
(a) She is beaten to death by a burglar.
(b) She disinherits her son.
(c) She gets cancer.
(d) She moves to Virginia.

10. What type of gun does Pete think Kay should have at home?
(a) A Ruger.
(b) A Colt 45.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A .38 Special.

11. Where is Cary Harper's gold medallion left?
(a) On Kay's back porch.
(b) In Kay's living room.
(c) In the morgue.
(d) On Kay's front door stoop.

12. What clientele does Kay encounter at the LaConcha Hotel?
(a) Businessmen.
(b) Same-sex couples.
(c) Teenagers.
(d) Police officers.

13. What does Frankie do when he is excited?
(a) Swears.
(b) Stutters.
(c) Yawns.
(d) Giggles.

14. In Chapter 15, after Kay rents a car in Miami, where does she drive?
(a) Naples.
(b) Tampa.
(c) Key West.
(d) Atlanta.

15. Why does Pete think Beryl runs away to Key West?
(a) She writes better there.
(b) She is a "fag."
(c) Her aunt lives there.
(d) Her manuscript is there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim Barnes do to a mute patient?

2. What does Cary Harper burn in the McTigue fireplace?

3. What holiday is approaching in Chapter 17?

4. Who is PJ's partner?

5. How did Sterling travel to Baltimore?

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