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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sergeant Barbara Havers respond when she hears Roberta's confession in Chapter 16?
(a) She demands that Roberta be set free at once.
(b) She faints.
(c) She vomits.
(d) She screams.

2. How does Gillian wear her hair when Jonah Clarence first meets her?
(a) Cut very short.
(b) In a pony tail.
(c) In a chignon.
(d) In two long braids.

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

4. If Sergeant Barbara Havers can't locate the person Inspector Lynley has asked her to find, what does Lynley threaten to do?
(a) Have her removed from the William Teys case.
(b) Have her fired from Scotland Yard.
(c) Reduce her salary.
(d) Kick her out of CID and put her back into uniform again.

5. Why doesn't Father Hart tell the police about William Teys' abuse of his daughters when he first learns of it?
(a) He can't violate the sanctity of the confession booth.
(b) He doesn't think anyone will believe him.
(c) He doesn't believe it's actually happening.
(d) He believes William Teys when Teys says he's "cured".

6. What is the relationship between Stepha Odell and Paul Odell?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They are husband and wife.
(c) Paul is Stepha's uncle.
(d) Stepha is Paul's twin sister.

7. With whom do Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers see Nigel Parrish arguing at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Roberta Teys.
(b) Stepha Odell.
(c) Russell Mowery.
(d) Ezra Farmington.

8. Why does Stepha Odell think Olivia Odell wanted to marry William Teys?
(a) To have a second chance at love.
(b) To get access to his money.
(c) To have a strong male role model like Paul for Birdie.
(d) To have a companion in her old age.

9. What does Father Hart credit the saint buried at St. Catherine's Church with saving in the Keldale community?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) The church building when it was threatened with fire.
(c) The well that provides the community with water.
(d) The children during a smallpox epidemic.

10. With whom does Inspector Lynley have a brief romance in Chapter 12?
(a) Olivia Odell.
(b) Sergeant Barbara Havers.
(c) Gillian.
(d) Stepha Odell.

11. Who is Nell Graham?
(a) Gillian Teys.
(b) Roberta Teys.
(c) Stepha Odell.
(d) Lady Helen Clyde.

12. What does the blood spatter found on Roberta Teys' clothing indicate about the murder of William Teys?
(a) Roberta was also wounded when her father was killed.
(b) Roberta is innocent of killing William.
(c) Roberta either killed William or was present at his death.
(d) Roberta killed Whiskers, but not William.

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

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

15. What is Marsha Fitzalan's profession?
(a) She's a teacher.
(b) She's a cook.
(c) She's an obstetrician.
(d) She's a parlour maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Bridie Odell tell Inspector Lynley that she hates?

3. In Chapter 9, where does Stepha Odell book Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers for dinner?

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

5. What do the toxicology tests on the Teys family dog reveal?

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