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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. How does Paul Odell die?
(a) He is murdered by Olivia Odell.
(b) He is killed in an airplane crash.
(c) He drowns in a boating accident.
(d) He commits suicide after developing Huntington's disease.

2. Who does Roberta hope to save from her father's abuse by killing her father?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Dougal.
(c) Bridie Odell.
(d) Olivia Odell.

3. Who does Inspector Lynley initially send to London to find Gillian?
(a) Constable Gabriel Langston.
(b) Mrs. Burton-Thomas.
(c) Sergeant Barbara Havers.
(d) JoJo Watson.

4. What profession does Marsha Fitzalan tell Inspector Lynley that Gillian wanted to enter?
(a) Dentistry.
(b) Law.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Teaching.

5. Why is Hank Watson in England?
(a) To get married.
(b) To celebrate his wedding anniversary.
(c) To research his family's geneaology.
(d) To attend a convention

Short Answer Questions

1. What plants does Gillian keep in the front window of her home?

2. Who watches via a two-way mirror while Gillian and Roberta are reunited?

3. Who does Inspector Lynley send ahead of Gillian to pave the way for Gillian's reunion at the end of the novel?

4. With which friend of Inspector Lynley's was Lady Helen Clyde once in love?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Marsha Fitzalan's relationship to Tessa Teys and her daughters Gillian and Roberta?

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

3. Why is Sergeant Havers so happy when Inspector Lynley sends her to London after Gillian Teys by herself?

4. 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?

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

6. What does Deborah Allancourt-St. James' father do for a living and how does his profession match the image Sergeant Barbara Havers has of Inspector Lynley?

7. What is Testament House and what tie does Gillian Teys have to the institution?

8. As the book draws to a close, who is revealed as the murderer of William Teys, and what is the motivation for Teys' death?

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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