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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Simon Allcourt-St. James do for a living?
(a) He's an investment agent.
(b) He's a movie producer.
(c) He's a veterinarian.
(d) He's a forensic scientist.

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

3. Why does Sergeant Barbara Havers think she has been chosen to work with Lynley on the investigation of the murder of William Teys?
(a) She has experience as a forensics investigator.
(b) She's being given a promotion.
(c) She's from the village where the murder occurred.
(d) She's too unattractive to tempt him.

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

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

6. What does Ezra Farmington do for a living?
(a) He's a tailor.
(b) He's a police officer.
(c) He's a farmer.
(d) He's an artist.

7. Who is Dr. Samuels?
(a) Paul Odell's doctor.
(b) Jimmy Havers' doctor.
(c) Roberta Teys' psychiatrist at the asylum.
(d) A history professor who once taught Gillian.

8. Which of the following is not a statement Father Hart uses to describe himself in the opening scene when imagining how the woman seated next to him perceives him?
(a) A handsome older man.
(b) Three cuts on his face from shaving.
(c) Wearing an old suit mended at the elbows and cuffs.
(d) A toast crumb on his mouth.

9. What food served at the Dove and Whistle pub reminds Sergeant Barbara Havers of her family's squalid home?
(a) Hamburgers.
(b) Mashed potatoes.
(c) Shepherd's pie.
(d) Chicken and peas.

10. What has the London press dubbed the person responsible for the murders in the train stations?
(a) The Caboose Killer.
(b) The Railway Ripper.
(c) The Train Station Strangler.
(d) The Railway Plague.

11. In Chapter 8, how long has Russell Mowrey been missing?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Twelve weeks.

12. What legend does Danny tell Simon and Deborah Allcourt-St. James about Keldale Abbey?
(a) A medieval priest performed healing miracles there.
(b) The ghost of a crying baby haunts the place.
(c) A nun and a priest once fell in love there.
(d) Henry VIII courted Anne Boleyn there.

13. What honor does Superintendent Webberly's wife want him to acquire?
(a) A knighthood.
(b) A promotion to Chief Superintendent.
(c) A raise.
(d) A commendation from the queen.

14. Who are Hank and JoJo Watson?
(a) A married couple who work at Scotland Yard.
(b) Sergeant Barbara Havers' best friends.
(c) Eyewitnesses to William Teys' murder.
(d) American tourists staying at Keldale Hall.

15. Who leaves the village of Keldale for several years to learn to grow barley?
(a) Russell Mowery.
(b) Richard Gibson.
(c) Nigel Parrish.
(d) Ezra Farmington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Father Hart's religion?

2. Why is evidence of Gillian's existence destroyed by her father?

3. Who is Caroline?

4. Why has Sergeant Barbara Havers been demoted from CID and put back into uniform?

5. Who discovers William Teys' body?

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