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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. When Lynley goes to Elena's room to look for clues, what does Lynley realize Elena had been fond of?
(a) Penguins.
(b) Unicorns.
(c) Cats.
(d) Monkeys.

2. Who is married to Harry Rodger?
(a) Miranda.
(b) Justine.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Helen.

3. When Lynley goes to Elena's room to look for clues, who accompanies Lynley?
(a) Samuel Sheehan.
(b) Anthony Weaver.
(c) Randie Webberly.
(d) Barbara Havers.

4. As the story opens and Elena is out running, what is the weather like?
(a) It is snowing.
(b) It is sunny.
(c) It is raining.
(d) It is foggy.

5. Whose daughter is Randie Webberly?
(a) Lynley's prime suspect.
(b) Lynley's alibi.
(c) Lynley's star witness.
(d) Lynley's boss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Helen Clyde's oldest sister live?

2. When Rosalyn is introduced in Chapter 12, where has Rosalyn just returned from?

3. When Lynley meets with Sheehan to discuss the early progress in the investigation, what do both men agree on?

4. As Lynley considers all the suspects in the Elena Weaver killing in Chapter 12, who is not on his suspect list?

5. When Detective Lynley first arrives in Cambridge, whom does he visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. After driving her mother to an assisted-living facility, why does Barbara Havers return to Acton?

2. What did Anthony Weaver's assistant tell Lynley about the night before Elena was killed?

3. As the story opens and Elena is running, what is Elena remembering?

4. When Lynley goes to investigate the Seymour Street address he found, where had Lynley found the address?

5. According to Justine, why did she not run with Elena the day that Elena was murdered?

6. As Glyn is picking out Elena's coffin, what does she realize?

7. As the story opens and Elena is running, why is she running alone?

8. What does Lynley learn during his initial meeting with Terrence Cuff?

9. As the story opens, one of the characters has decided to take up drawing and painting again. Why?

10. According to Chapter 7, what does Pen feel oppressed by?

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