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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what other Keldale villager does Stepha Odell say she and Paul attended college?
(a) Tessa Teys.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Nigel Parrish.
(d) Gillian.

2. What does Gillian put under Roberta's pillow before leaving Gembler Farm at age sixteen?
(a) Her favorite book of poems.
(b) Money.
(c) A key.
(d) A locket that once belonged to their mother.

3. What does Bridie Odell tell Inspector Lynley that she hates?
(a) Tatoos.
(b) School.
(c) Big dogs.
(d) Spinach.

4. At what age does Gillian leave home?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Twenty.

5. Why does Sergeant Barbara Havers not want to have dinner where Stepha Odell has booked her and Inspector Lynley in Chapter 9?
(a) She's vegetarian and it doesn't serve vegetarian fare.
(b) Her old boyfriend owns the place.
(c) She fears feeling out of place among the aristocrats there.
(d) It's a seafood place and she doesn't like seafood.

6. Why has Inspector Lynley felt like he's seen Mowery before?
(a) He once went to school with Mowery.
(b) Mowery used to be his barber.
(c) He has seen the man's photo at Scotland Yard.
(d) He once lived next door to Mowery.

7. How many people does Sergeant Barbara Havers find who can testify to ever seeing the person in the photo she is showing around town?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) None.
(d) Dozens.

8. Which of the following statements does not describe Mrs. Burton-Thomas's appearance at dinner in Chapter 9?
(a) A big tortoiseshell Spanish comb on top of her head.
(b) A mink stole.
(c) A moth-eaten skirt of indeterminate color.
(d) A gypsy blouse decorated with stars.

9. What saint is buried at St. Catherine's Church?
(a) St. Peter.
(b) St. Catherine.
(c) St. Michael.
(d) St. Cedd.

10. With whom does Richard Gibson say he was having a romantic relationship when he left Keldale at age nineteen?
(a) Roberta.
(b) Stepha Odell.
(c) Gillian.
(d) Olivia Odell.

11. Who locks herself in the bathroom in Chapter 14 and scrubs herself clean with metal brushes that make her bleed?
(a) Roberta Teys.
(b) Gillian.
(c) Lady Helen Clyde.
(d) Sergeant Barbara Havers.

12. What is Nigel Parrish's alibi for the night of William Teys' death?
(a) He was with his girlfriend Hannah.
(b) He was in church at St. Catherine's.
(c) He was asleep.
(d) He was home alone playing music.

13. What profession does Marsha Fitzalan tell Inspector Lynley that Gillian wanted to enter?
(a) Law.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Dentistry.
(d) Medicine.

14. What plants does Gillian keep in the front window of her home?
(a) Miniature roses.
(b) African violets.
(c) Red geraniums.
(d) Swedish ivy.

15. From where does the name Nell Graham originate?
(a) A Broadway play.
(b) A television program.
(c) A Bronte novel.
(d) A pop song.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hank Watson do for a living?

2. With whom is Gillian reunited at the end of the novel?

3. Where is the child Stepha Odell bore?

4. What does Lady Helen Clyde note about Inspector Lynley's appearance at the beginning of Chapter 15?

5. How does Gillian wear her hair when Jonah Clarence first meets her?

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