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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. Who jumps on Jimmy as soon as he is escorted from his house by the police?

2. How does Jimmy react when the police show up?

3. Who does Miriam say she was at the airport with?

4. Whose footsteps awaken Olivia?

5. What does Jimmy twist about like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Gariella give Lynley about the case?

2. How does Jimmy react when Lynley finally gets to him?

3. How does Olivia imagine her reunion with her mother?

4. How did Olivia find out she had ALS?

5. What new information do the police find out about Chris and Olivia in Chapter 16?

6. Describe Lynley and Havers meeting with Guy Mollinson in this section?

7. How the author describe Hadiya's father?

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

9. What does Nkata uncover about Chris's alibi?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Inspector Lynley's detective methods/ How do these methods differ from other detectives in popular fiction? What are the strengths and weaknesses of his approach?

Essay Topic 2

What does the novel say about sexuality? In terms of the this theme what does Olivia's prostitution of her herself and the way she teases her father say about sexual repression? In what way is sexual repression often connected with British society?

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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