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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. Why doesn't Ezra Farmington think he can paint any more?
(a) His heart is broken beause Stepha Odell has rejected him.
(b) A scathing review from an art critic has devastated him.
(c) He has lost his interest in painting after Paul Odell's death.
(d) He has arthritis in his hands and painting is too painful now.

2. At age eight, who does Roberta try to confide in about her father's abuse?
(a) Gillian.
(b) Tessa.
(c) Marsha Fitzalan.
(d) Father Hart.

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

4. In Chapter 9, where does Stepha Odell book Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers for dinner?
(a) The Dove and Whistle pub.
(b) Lowgate Manor.
(c) St. Catherine's tea shop.
(d) Keldale Hall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Jonah Clarence lie to Sergeant Havers?

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

3. Who does Inspector Lynley send to get Gillian when the first person he sends has failed in the task?

4. What is Marsha Fitzalan's profession?

5. How long has Gillian been married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Lady Helen Clyde play in reuniting Gillian and Roberta?

2. What behavior of Inspector Lynley's angers Sergeant Havers in Chapter 12?

3. What forensic evidence is found in the blood of Whiskers, the Teys family dog, and how does this evidence relate to the murder of William Teys?

4. Of what trauma in Sergeant Barbara Havers' own family life do the revelations about Gillian and Roberta's suffering at the hands of their father arouse memories?

5. With whom is Gillian Teys reunited at the end of the novel and who brings about the reunion?

6. In Chapter 13, why does Sergeant Barbara Havers think Roberta Teys went to Keldale Hall to read the newspaper?

7. About what does Inspector Lynley confront Father Hart in Chapter 16, and how does the priest respond during the confrontation?

8. What descriptions do Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Havers receive from the villagers about Gillian Teys and are this descriptions consistent?

9. How does Deborah Allancourt-St. James feel about Inspector Lynley?

10. At the beginning of Chapter 10, who does Superintendent Nies believe is responsible for William Teys' murder and how cooperative does he intend to be with Inspector Lynley's investigation of the case?

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