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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jonah Clarence's profession?
(a) He's a gym teacher.
(b) He's a psychiatrist.
(c) He's an Anglican minister.
(d) He's a barber.

2. Who kills Roberta's baby?
(a) Ezra Farmington.
(b) William Teys.
(c) Roberta.
(d) Gillian.

3. Who buries the Teys family dog behind his cottage?
(a) Superintendent Nies.
(b) Richard Gibson.
(c) Constable Gabriel Langston.
(d) Nigel Parrish.

4. How does Stepha Odell describe Gillian?
(a) A drug addict.
(b) A lazy and ungrateful child.
(c) A wild child.
(d) A hard working young woman.

5. In Chapter 10, who brings Inspector Lynley a carton containing evidence from the William Teys murder?
(a) Ezra Farmington.
(b) Gillian.
(c) Sir David Hillier.
(d) Superintendent Nies.

6. What instrument does Jonah Clarence play?
(a) The flute.
(b) The piano.
(c) The guitar.
(d) The violin.

7. Why is Hank Watson in England?
(a) To attend a convention
(b) To celebrate his wedding anniversary.
(c) To get married.
(d) To research his family's geneaology.

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

9. What is Roberta Teys' family nickname?
(a) Bert.
(b) Robbie.
(c) Bobby.
(d) Bertie.

10. What is Testament House?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A tea shop.
(c) A church.
(d) A refuge for teenage runaways.

11. Whose photograph does Inspector Lynley ask Sergeant Barbara Havers to take around town to see if the person was in town at the time of William Teys' murder?
(a) Russell Mowery's.
(b) Nigel Parrish's.
(c) Ezra Farmington's.
(d) Gillian's.

12. Who does Roberta hope to save from her father's abuse by killing her father?
(a) Olivia Odell.
(b) Bridie Odell.
(c) Dougal.
(d) Caroline.

13. What is Jonah Clarence's relationship with Gillian?
(a) He's Gillian's neighbor and friend.
(b) He's Gillian's psychiatrist.
(c) He's Gillian's husband.
(d) He's Gillian's boss.

14. What do the toxicology tests on the Teys family dog reveal?
(a) The dog ate rotten meat.
(b) The dog, like William Teys, has sleeping pills in its blood.
(c) The dog died of pneumonia.
(d) The dog was poisoned.

15. Where is the child Stepha Odell bore?
(a) A family in another town has adopted her.
(b) She is living in London with Stepha's old friend Susan.
(c) She is buried in St. Catherine's graveyard.
(d) She is in an institution for handicapped children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gillian put under Roberta's pillow before leaving Gembler Farm at age sixteen?

2. From where does the name Nell Graham originate?

3. If Sergeant Barbara Havers can't locate the person Inspector Lynley has asked her to find, what does Lynley threaten to do?

4. Why does Stepha Odell think Olivia Odell wanted to marry William Teys?

5. What plants does Gillian keep in the front window of her home?

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