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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chris say makes one conscience of need?

2. How does Gabriella say Mrs. Whitlaw would have felt about her breakup with Kenneth?

3. Who interrupts the argument between Lynley and Helen?

4. How did Harold Rashadam help Ken?

5. Who does Lynley tell Jean to call when Jimmy is drowning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Mollinson give Lynley about the case in this section?

2. Why did Olivia decide to get back in contact with her mother?

3. Describe Olivia's dream about the National Front?

4. How did Olivia's relationship with Chris and Miriam's relationship with Kenneth mirror one another?

5. How did Olivia show her anger at Chris after the cat operation?

6. How the author describe Hadiya's father?

7. Why does Lynley take Jimmy to New Scotland Yard?

8. How does Nkata help Lynley and Havers at the beginning of chapter ten?

9. Why is it difficult for Lynley to believe that Jimmy is the murderer?

10. How does Lynley act during his dinner with Havers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has Jean and Kenneth's difficult marriage effect Jimmy? Why does their relationship make it easy to believe Jimmy's confession of murder?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the Lynley and Helen subplot important to the story? How does the subplot effect Lynley's attitude towards the case? What does this subplot suggest about future books in the Lynley series?

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