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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 activity does Helen want her and Lynley to do?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Jogging.
(c) Weightlifting.
(d) Hiking.

2. What does Miriam say Olivia takes the pleasure out of on the way to the abortion clinic?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Blackness.
(c) Petty cruelty.
(d) Artlessness.

3. What does Miriam do when Olivia shuts the door on her at the hotel?
(a) Screams.
(b) Calls the police.
(c) Calls for a porter.
(d) Knocks on the door again.

4. What university does Olivia attend?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Winchester.
(d) Canterbury.

5. What is the name of the detective who is first to arrive at the scene?
(a) Janet Hoffman.
(b) Barbara Hearn.
(c) Isabelle Anthony.
(d) Inspector Lynley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Coffman say the superintendent has gone?

2. What country did Ken tell Miraim he was visiting with his son?

3. What could Ken always do for Miriam?

4. Complete the following rhyme; "step on a crack and break..."

5. What does Miriam always drink after dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Olivia say that on the outside her mother had an admirable social conscience?

2. What problems does Jean have with her son Jimmy at the beginning of this section?

3. Why doesn't Jean like to hear people talking about her son?

4. How did Olivia meet Richie?

5. What problems is Lynley having in this section?

6. How do the girls at the cafe decide who fetches a repair man?

7. What does Jean say to Derrick on the phone?

8. What new information does Lynley find out about Olivia in this section?

9. How did Mrs. Whitelaw rekindle her relationship with Kenneth after the death of her her husband?

10. What does Olivia remember about her mother's relationship with Kenneth?

(see the answer keys)

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