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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Nigel Parrish see William Teys arguing shortly before Teys' murder?
(a) Roberta Teys.
(b) Ezra Farmington.
(c) Richard Gibson.
(d) Russel Mowery.

2. What is Denton's relationship to Inspector Lynley?
(a) He's Lynley's banker.
(b) He's Lynley's valet.
(c) He's Lynley's insurance agent.
(d) He's Lynley's barber.

3. Where do Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers encounter Denton in Chapter 5?
(a) At St. Catherine's Church.
(b) A train station cafeteria.
(c) At a London pub.
(d) At Scotland Yard.

4. What is the relationship between Simon Allcourt-St. James and Inspector Lynley?
(a) They're best friends.
(b) They're stepbrothers.
(c) They're cousins.
(d) They're enemies.

5. To whom is a shrine erected at the Teys family farm?
(a) Tessa Teys.
(b) St. Peter.
(c) St. Cedd.
(d) William Teys.

6. Where does Inspector Lynley think he has seen Russell Mowrey?
(a) Scotland Yard.
(b) At Simon Allancourt-St. James' wedding.
(c) At St. Catherine's Church.
(d) At a train station.

7. What is strange about the photos Inspector Lynley finds in the Teys family photo album?
(a) They have been glued together in a big wad.
(b) Someone has been cut out of many of them.
(c) They have big purple X's painted on them.
(d) They have been painted red.

8. Whose death does Chief Superintendent fail to mention in his report about William Teys' murder?
(a) Whiskers, the Teys family dog's death.
(b) Tessa Teys' death.
(c) Russell Mowery's death.
(d) Paul Odell's death.

9. What about the treatment of Roberta Teys upsets Inspector Lynley in Chapter 6?
(a) She's not given a psychiatric exam or an attorney.
(b) She is being denied medicine that she needs.
(c) She is kept in a filthy, rat-infested cell.
(d) Food is being withheld from her.

10. Who owns Keldale Hall?
(a) Mrs. Burton-Thomas.
(b) Olivia Odell.
(c) Tessa Mowery.
(d) Sopha Odell.

11. What is given to Roberta Teys in her father's will?
(a) Ten thousand dollars.
(b) Her mother's pearl earrings.
(c) The right to live on the family farm for life.
(d) The family dog, Whiskers.

12. On what day of the week is William Teys murdered?
(a) Monday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

13. At what train station does Father Hart disembark?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) King's Cross.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Vauxhall.

14. Which relative of William Teys will inherit the Teys family farm?
(a) Richard Gibson.
(b) Tessa.
(c) Roberta.
(d) Gillian.

15. Why is Chief Inspector Nies angry with his superior officer, Chief Constable Kerridge?
(a) Kerridge owes him money from a poker game.
(b) Kerridge makes him free an accused murderer.
(c) Kerridge denies him a promotion.
(d) Kerridge steals his girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city is Father Hart traveling by train in the novel's opening scene?

2. How is William Teys murdered?

3. What is Stepha Odell's relationship to Olivia Odell, William Teys' fiancée?

4. What does Ezra Farmington do for a living?

5. What beverage does Sergeant Barbara Havers drink instead of alcohol?

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