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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. With what does Roberta Teys line her chest of drawers?
(a) Lavender sachets.
(b) Empty potato chip bags.
(c) Worn towels.
(d) Ads from the newspaper's personal column.

2. What does Gillian put under Roberta's pillow before leaving Gembler Farm at age sixteen?
(a) A key.
(b) Her favorite book of poems.
(c) A locket that once belonged to their mother.
(d) Money.

3. Who does Inspector Lynley send to get Gillian when the first person he sends has failed in the task?
(a) Deborah Allancourt-St. James.
(b) Stepha Odell.
(c) Lady Helen Clyde.
(d) Mrs. Burton-Thomas.

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

5. How likely does Roberta's doctor think it is that Roberta will recover?
(a) He thinks she will eventually recover enough to stand trial.
(b) He thinks she will recover only if she reunites with Tessa.
(c) He thinks she will never recover.
(d) He thinks it is possible she will recover, but not guaranteed.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Richard Gibson say he was having a romantic relationship when he left Keldale at age nineteen?

2. Who is Nell Graham?

3. Why doesn't Lady Helen Clyde want Inspector Lynley to talk with her about seeing Deborah Allancourt-St. James?

4. What does Hank Watson do for a living?

5. With what other Keldale villager does Stepha Odell say she and Paul attended college?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Burton-Thomas dress for dinner in Chapter 9?

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

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

4. Why does Paul Odell kill himself, and how does his loss affect his sister and his widow?

5. About what does Nigel Parrish claim to be quarreling with Ezra Farmington in Chapter 9, and why are the two men really in conflict?

6. What does the story Bridie Odell tells Inspector Lynley in Chapter 10 about William Teys spending so much time with her indicate?

7. Whose child does the baby that died at Keldale Abbey three years earlier turn out to be?

8. What secret does Richard Gibson reveal in Cha,pter 10 about his relationship with his cousin Gillian?

9. What happens when Deborah Allancourt-St. James and Inspector Lynley meet in the graveyard in Chapter 10?

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

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