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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 is Jonah Clarence's relationship with Gillian?
(a) He's Gillian's neighbor and friend.
(b) He's Gillian's psychiatrist.
(c) He's Gillian's husband.
(d) He's Gillian's boss.

2. What does Gillian put under Roberta's pillow before leaving Gembler Farm at age sixteen?
(a) Money.
(b) Her favorite book of poems.
(c) A key.
(d) A locket that once belonged to their mother.

3. What is the relationship between Stepha Odell and Paul Odell?
(a) They are husband and wife.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) Paul is Stepha's uncle.
(d) Stepha is Paul's twin sister.

4. In Chapter 13, how long has Tessa Mowery been separated from her two oldest daughters?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) Nineteen years.
(d) Fifteen years.

5. What is Nigel Parrish's alibi for the night of William Teys' death?
(a) He was with his girlfriend Hannah.
(b) He was home alone playing music.
(c) He was in church at St. Catherine's.
(d) He was asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Father Hart describe his relationship with William Teys?

2. What does Sergeant Barbara Havers realize about Inspector Lynley's relationship with Deborah Allancourt-St. James in Chapter 9?

3. What does Deborah Allancourt-St. James feel guilty about doing to Inspector Lynley?

4. With which friend of Inspector Lynley's was Lady Helen Clyde once in love?

5. Who is Reverend George Clarence?

Short Essay Questions

1. About what does Nigel Parrish claim to be quarreling with Ezra Farmington in Chapter 9, and why are the two men really in conflict?

2. Why is Sergeant Havers so happy when Inspector Lynley sends her to London after Gillian Teys by herself?

3. Where does Gillian get her alias Nell Graham and what relevance does the fictional Helen Graham have to Gillian?

4. As the book draws to a close, who is revealed as the murderer of William Teys, and what is the motivation for Teys' death?

5. What does Deborah Allancourt-St. James' father do for a living and how does his profession match the image Sergeant Barbara Havers has of Inspector Lynley?

6. Of what trauma in Sergeant Barbara Havers' own family life do the revelations about Gillian and Roberta's suffering at the hands of their father arouse memories?

7. In Chapter 13, why does Sergeant Barbara Havers think Roberta Teys went to Keldale Hall to read the newspaper?

8. How does Gillian/Nell behave when Sergeant Barbara Havers comes to her home?

9. What is Marsha Fitzalan's relationship to Tessa Teys and her daughters Gillian and Roberta?

10. What objections does Sergeant Barbara Havers have in Chapter 9 to dining at Keldale Hall?

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