2. What is the beverage that Stepha Odell calls Odell's?
(a) A fruit punch with fresh raspberries and strawberries.
(b) A mixture of hot tea and rum.
(c) A home-brewed ale made according to her father's recipe.
(d) A mixture of coffee and butterscotch with whipped cream.

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

4. What relative of Sergeant Barbara Havers has died of leukemia?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her daughter.

5. What does Ezra Farmington do for a living?
(a) He's an artist.
(b) He's a police officer.
(c) He's a farmer.
(d) He's a tailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers surprised to find a well-stocked library at the Teys farm?

2. How is William Teys murdered?

3. Who is arrested for the murder over the garnet necklace?

4. What do Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers find hidden between Roberta Teys' mattress and box springs at her family's farm?

5. Who are Hank and JoJo Watson?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long has Russell Mowrey been missing and what is significance about the date on which he disappeared?

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

3. From whose wedding does Sergeant Barbara Havers retrieve Inspector Lynley for a meeting with their superiors at Scotland Yard, and what evidence is there that there is tension between Lynley and the bride and groom?

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

5. Who is Nigel Parrish and with whom does he see William Teys arguing shortly before Teys is murdered?

6. Who is in the mysterious photograph that Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers find at Gembler Farm and why was this person cut out of the other Teys family photographs?

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

8. Who is Lady Helen Clyde?

9. What facts does Father Hart reveal in Chapter 3 about William Teys' murder?

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

(see the answer keys)

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