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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 strange about the photos Inspector Lynley finds in the Teys family photo album?
(a) They have big purple X's painted on them.
(b) Someone has been cut out of many of them.
(c) They have been painted red.
(d) They have been glued together in a big wad.

2. When Bridie Odell cuts her hair, whose hairstyle is she trying to copy?
(a) Stepha's.
(b) Roberta's.
(c) Her mother's.
(d) Diana, Princess of Wales.

3. What is the relationship between Simon Allcourt-St. James and Inspector Lynley?
(a) They're stepbrothers.
(b) They're cousins.
(c) They're enemies.
(d) They're best friends.

4. In Chapter 1, who is killed over a dispute about ownership of a garnet necklace?
(a) An aging actress.
(b) A middle-aged secretary.
(c) A duchess.
(d) An elderly gypsy woman.

5. Why are Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers surprised to find a well-stocked library at the Teys farm?
(a) Father Hart and William Teys burn non-bibical books.
(b) The Teys family is illiterate.
(c) William Teys allows no books but the Bible for his family.
(d) Stepha Odell says Roberta had no books to read at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumors has Sergeant Barbara Havers heard about Inspector Lynley at Scotland Yard?

2. What food does Lady Helen Clyde offer Sergeant Barbara Havers in Chapter 2?

3. What do the toxicology reports indicate are in William Teys' blood at the time of his murder?

4. Why is Chief Inspector Nies angry with his superior officer, Chief Constable Kerridge?

5. What is Gillian's relationship to Roberta Teys?

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