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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week is William Teys murdered?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Thursday.

2. What is Danny's relationship to Ezra Farmington?
(a) She's Ezra's girlfriend.
(b) She's Ezra's model.
(c) She's Ezra's classmate.
(d) She's Ezra's roommate.

3. What is Stepha Odell's relationship to Olivia Odell, William Teys' fiancée?
(a) Stepha is Olivia's mother.
(b) Stepha is Olivia's sister-in-law.
(c) Stepha is Olivia's daughter.
(d) Stepha is Olivia's sister.

4. What does Deborah Allcourt-St. James do for a living?
(a) She's an accountant.
(b) She's a photographer.
(c) She's a pianist.
(d) She's a teacher.

5. When Inspector Lynley's brother-in-law was murdered five years ago, who did Chief Inspector Nies arrest for the crime?
(a) Tessa Mowery.
(b) William Teys.
(c) Ezra Farmington.
(d) Inspector Lynley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What legend does Danny tell Simon and Deborah Allcourt-St. James about Keldale Abbey?

2. What is the relationship between Simon Allcourt-St. James and Inspector Lynley?

3. What relative of Sergeant Barbara Havers has died of leukemia?

4. What does Simon Allcourt-St. James do for a living?

5. At what train station does Father Hart disembark?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Hank and JoJo Watson differ from Simon and Deborah Allcourt-St. James?

2. Who is Harry Houseman and what does he reveal to Inspector Lynley?

3. How does Chief Superintendent Nies feel about Inspector Lynley, and what reason does Lynley give Sergeant Havers for Nies' dislike of him?

4. Why is Sergeant Barbara Havers put "back in uniform" eight month before the Teys murder?

5. Why does Inspector Lynley feel guilty about the permanent crippling of his close friend Simon Allancourt-St. James?

6. What is Richard Gibson's relationship to Roberta and what implicates him as a suspect in the murder of William Teys?

7. Why does Stepha Odell think Roberta visited Keldale Lodge every day?

8. What is Sergeant Barbara Havers' opinion of Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley?

9. What experience has Danny, the maid at Keldale Hall, had with a crying baby at Keldate Abbey?

10. In Chapter 6, what relevance does the quote Lynley reads from the biblical story of Joseph about Joseph saving his brothers' lives by a great deliverance have to the Teys family?

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