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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is evidence of Gillian's existence destroyed by her father?
(a) Gillian is not William Teys' child.
(b) Gillian was wild and has run away, infuriating her father.
(c) Gillian is illegitimate.
(d) Gillian is in hiding from the police.

2. Why is the person arrested for the murder over the garnet necklace freed from jail?
(a) His wife romances a wealthy man with political influence.
(b) Someone else confesses to the crime.
(c) A videotape proving the person's innocence is found.
(d) He bribes his jailer.

3. Who is Dr. Samuels?
(a) Paul Odell's doctor.
(b) Jimmy Havers' doctor.
(c) A history professor who once taught Gillian.
(d) Roberta Teys' psychiatrist at the asylum.

4. Which of the following statements does not describe Richard Gibson?
(a) Black hair, brown eyes, and swarthy skin.
(b) Bull-necked with the thick limbs of a labourer.
(c) Six and a half feet tall.
(d) Missing two front teeth.

5. What about the treatment of Roberta Teys upsets Inspector Lynley in Chapter 6?
(a) She is kept in a filthy, rat-infested cell.
(b) She is being denied medicine that she needs.
(c) Food is being withheld from her.
(d) She's not given a psychiatric exam or an attorney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Lady Helen Clyde and Simon Allcourt-St. James?

2. Which relative of William Teys will inherit the Teys family farm?

3. What is Father Hart's religion?

4. What is strange about the photos Inspector Lynley finds in the Teys family photo album?

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

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