2. Who is Reverend George Clarence?
(a) Stepha Odell's new boyfriend.
(b) Olivia Odell's new boyfriend.
(c) The Anglican priest who founded Testament House.
(d) A minister who counsels Sergeant Barbara Havers.

3. What disease does Stepha Odell carry in her genes and fear passing to any children she might have?
(a) Huntington's Disease.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Cystic Fibrosis.
(d) Sickle Cell Anemia.

4. Why has Inspector Lynley felt like he's seen Mowery before?
(a) He once lived next door to Mowery.
(b) He has seen the man's photo at Scotland Yard.
(c) He once went to school with Mowery.
(d) Mowery used to be his barber.

5. What saint is buried at St. Catherine's Church?
(a) St. Catherine.
(b) St. Michael.
(c) St. Peter.
(d) St. Cedd.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose photograph does Inspector Lynley ask Sergeant Barbara Havers to take around town to see if the person was in town at the time of William Teys' murder?

2. How does Marsha Fitzalan describe Gillian?

3. Which of the following statements does not describe Mrs. Burton-Thomas's appearance at dinner in Chapter 9?

4. Who locks herself in the bathroom in Chapter 14 and scrubs herself clean with metal brushes that make her bleed?

5. What kind of work does Gillian do at Testament House?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

8. How does Gillian/Nell behave when Sergeant Barbara Havers comes to her home?

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

10. Where does Gillian get her alias Nell Graham and what relevance does the fictional Helen Graham have to Gillian?

(see the answer keys)

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