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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Denton's relationship to Inspector Lynley?
(a) He's Lynley's insurance agent.
(b) He's Lynley's banker.
(c) He's Lynley's valet.
(d) He's Lynley's barber.

2. What does Jimmy Havers refuse to do, even though it would improve his health?
(a) Eat less fat and more green vegetables.
(b) Stop smoking.
(c) Lose weight.
(d) Exercise.

3. Who is the only person that Chief Inspector Nies says he and Chief Constable Kerridge can trust to give New Scotland Yard the facts about the murder of William Teys?
(a) Roberta Teys.
(b) Father Hart.
(c) Stepha Odell.
(d) Richard Gibson.

4. During his train ride in the opening scene, what is Father Hart holding in his lap?
(a) A battered attache case.
(b) A laptop computer.
(c) A crying baby.
(d) A wounded kitten.

5. What is the beverage that Stepha Odell calls Odell's?
(a) A mixture of coffee and butterscotch with whipped cream.
(b) A home-brewed ale made according to her father's recipe.
(c) A fruit punch with fresh raspberries and strawberries.
(d) A mixture of hot tea and rum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What photographs hanging on the walls of Superintendent Webberly's office are studied by Inspector Lynley in Chapter 3?

2. When Sergeant Barbara Havers removes a photo in Roberta's room from its frame and unfolds it, what does she find on the unfolded edge of the photo?

3. What color is Inspector Lynley's hair?

4. Why is evidence of Gillian's existence destroyed by her father?

5. Why has Sergeant Barbara Havers been demoted from CID and put back into uniform?

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