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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 staff members did Jean see a lot of during her last year of school?
(a) The vice-principal and the guidance counselor.
(b) The vice-principal and the nurse.
(c) The principal and the guidance counselor.
(d) The principal and the nurse.

2. Bailey calls Kinsey shortly after Ori's death. What is his reaction to the news?
(a) He claims he didn't have anything to do with it.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He begs Kinsey not to tell anyone he called.
(d) He breaks down and sobs.

3. Why did she decide to look at particular items on the Eucalyptus Mineral Springs' spa property?
(a) Because she thought they would make good hiding places.
(b) Because she had run out of other ideas.
(c) Because their names pointed to an earlier clue Kinsey had found.
(d) Because they made her think of something Shana had mentioned.

4. What happens soon after Kinsey makes her phone calls to Shana and Dr. Dunne?
(a) Ori begins to convulse.
(b) Ori has a heart attack.
(c) Ori vomits profusely,
(d) Ori slips into a coma.

5. Kinsey heads back to the motel after visiting the spa where she was attacked. Why does she not hang around the motel for long?
(a) Ori and Ann were arguing.
(b) She left her purse at the spa and went back.
(c) The motel was on fire.
(d) She is made to feel unwelcome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tap Granger's widow tell Kinsey about the gun he had at the courthouse?

2. What does Kinsey overhear at the local diner the morning after her threatening phone call?

3. Dwight Shales drives Kinsey back to the motel after she visits with Tap Granger's widow. Who wants Kinsey to visit him, according to Ann?

4. After badgering him about Jean, what does Dwight Shales admit?

5. Who does Kinsey ask about the phone call?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Kinsey checks out the spa property, who is she confronted by? What does this person tell her? What does Kinsey do?

2. What was the name of the man who had led the Baptist Church group when he was young? What does he do for a living? How did he respond to Kinsey's suggestion that Jean was interested in him?

3. What does the man who headed the Baptist youth group tell Kinsey about the Reverend Haws? How does he know this?

4. Why does Kinsey head to the Eucalyptus Mineral Springs spa after she obtains Jean's birth certificate from the courthouse? What happens there?

5. Who shows up when Kinsey is eating with someone after she is attacked at the spa? What is that person's attitude towards Kinsey?

6. Kinsey is woken up during the night after meeting with members of a local family at the pool hall. What wakes her up and what is the result of this?

7. Kinsey decides to go visit Tap Granger's widow, Joleen. What is her impression of Joleen? What does Joleen tell Kinsey about Tap?

8. After Ori's death, Kinsey goes to Shana's apartment. What does she find outside and what information does this object tell her?

9. Why does Kinsey head over to the Baptist Church after finding the item outside the apartment? What happens there? Where does she go next and what does she speculate about?

10. After her talk with Dr. Dunne, Kinsey returns to the motel and learns from Jack Clemson that Bailey has been given sanctuary at the church by Mrs. Haws. Kinsey then decides to go back to the Eucalyptus Mineral Springs spa. What does she find there and what does this discovery lead her to?

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