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

2. When Inspector Lynley visits Ezra Farmington in Chapter 13, who is the subject of the drawings and sketches scattered across Farmington's living room?
(a) Stepha Odell.
(b) Gillian.
(c) Madeline Gibson.
(d) JoJo Watson.

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

4. What kind of work does Gillian do at Testament House?
(a) She is the chef.
(b) She is the parlour maid.
(c) She counsels the teens who come to the house.
(d) She is the activity director.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, how long has Tessa Mowery been separated from her two oldest daughters?

2. How does Father Hart describe his relationship with William Teys?

3. How does Stepha Odell describe Gillian?

4. What does Nigel Parrish do for a living?

5. What is the relationship between Stepha Odell and Paul Odell?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jonah Clarence and what is ironic about his profession?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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