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

2. Who is driving the car the night of the accident that cripples Simon Allcourt-St. James for life?
(a) Lady Helen Clyde.
(b) Sergeant Barbara Havers.
(c) Superintendent Webberly.
(d) Inspector Lynley.

3. How old is Father Hart?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Thirty-one.
(d) Fifty.

4. What is the first name of Richard Gibson's wife?
(a) Marsha.
(b) Madeline.
(c) Olivia.
(d) Caroline.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What food served at the Dove and Whistle pub reminds Sergeant Barbara Havers of her family's squalid home?

2. What is Gillian's relationship to Roberta Teys?

3. From what disease does Jimmy Havers suffer?

4. What has the London press dubbed the person responsible for the murders in the train stations?

5. From what disease does Sergeant Barbara Havers' mother suffer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Harry Houseman and what does he reveal to Inspector Lynley?

2. What is Sergeant Barbara Havers' opinion of Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley?

3. What experience has Danny, the maid at Keldale Hall, had with a crying baby at Keldate Abbey?

4. What does Tessa Mowrey tell Inspector Lynley about her marriage to William Teys?

5. How long has Russell Mowrey been missing and what is significance about the date on which he disappeared?

6. Who are Olivia and Bridie Odell and what is their relationship to William Teys?

7. How do Superintendent Malcolm Webberly's marriage and career compare to those of his supervisor, Sir David Hillier?

8. In Chapter 6, what upsets Inspector Lynley about how Roberta Teys is being treated after confessing to her father's murder?

9. What is Sergeant Barbara Havers' family like?

10. What is the legend of the ghost of Keldale Abbey that dates back to the era of Cromwell?

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