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

2. Which character in the novel stutters?
(a) Sergeant Barbara Havers.
(b) Hank Watson.
(c) Constable Gabriel Langston.
(d) Roberta Teys.

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

4. What do the toxicology tests on the Teys family dog reveal?
(a) The dog ate rotten meat.
(b) The dog died of pneumonia.
(c) The dog, like William Teys, has sleeping pills in its blood.
(d) The dog was poisoned.

5. How does Sergeant Barbara Havers respond when she hears Roberta's confession in Chapter 16?
(a) She vomits.
(b) She demands that Roberta be set free at once.
(c) She faints.
(d) She screams.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Father Hart describe Gillian?

2. What is Russell Mowery's ultimate fate?

3. Why doesn't Denton line Inspector Lynley's chest of drawers with newspaper?

4. What disease does Stepha Odell carry in her genes and fear passing to any children she might have?

5. What is the name of the cottage in which Nigel Parrish lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What objections does Sergeant Barbara Havers have in Chapter 9 to dining at Keldale Hall?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. Where has Inspector Lynley seen a photo of Russell Mowery, and what is Mowery's fate at the end of the book?

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

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

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

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