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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Roberta Teys go every day to read the local paper?

2. Where does Inspector Lynley think he has seen Russell Mowrey?

3. What is the relationship between Lady Helen Clyde and Inspector Lynley?

4. With whom does Stepha Odell suspect that Roberta has been in love?

5. What food served at the Dove and Whistle pub reminds Sergeant Barbara Havers of her family's squalid home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sergeant Barbara Havers look like?

2. What disagreement between police officers Nies and Kerridge results in Father Hart traveling to London?

3. Who is the Railway Ripper and what crimes is he or she committing?

4. Why is Sergeant Barbara Havers put "back in uniform" eight month before the Teys murder?

5. What experience has Danny, the maid at Keldale Hall, had with a crying baby at Keldate Abbey?

6. Why does Stepha Odell think Roberta visited Keldale Lodge every day?

7. Who is Nigel Parrish and with whom does he see William Teys arguing shortly before Teys is murdered?

8. How long has Russell Mowrey been missing and what is significance about the date on which he disappeared?

9. Why does Sergeant Havers think Superintendent Webberly assigns her to work with Inspector Lynley on the investigation of William Teys' murder?

10. Who is Harry Houseman and what does he reveal to Inspector Lynley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the legend of the crying baby at Keldale Abbey from the time of Cromwell's raiders through the present. How does the legend help the cover up of the murder of Roberta Teys' infant? Cite at least three examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss whether or not you think Roberta Reys is crazy and therefore killed her father by reason of insanity. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Inspector Lynley's relationship with Simon Allcourt-St. James. What tensions does Lynley have about the relationship? How does the marriage of Simon Allcourt-St. James affect the relationship? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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