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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 blames Justine for Elena's sexual promiscuity?
(a) Sarah Gordon.
(b) Adam Jenn.
(c) Anthony Weaver.
(d) Glyn Weaver.

2. After the scuffle in Sarah Gordon's home when Lynley bursts in, who gets shot?
(a) Barbara Havers.
(b) Anthony Weaver.
(c) Sarah Gordon.
(d) Thomas Lynley.

3. What is the name of the dog that found the second body discovered in the story?
(a) Spike.
(b) Spot.
(c) Shasta.
(d) Samson.

4. What kind of car does Barbara Havers drive?
(a) An old Mini.
(b) An Oldsmobile.
(c) An old Ford.
(d) An old Beetle.

5. When Havers suggests to Lynley to have her reassigned and ask someone else to assist Lynley with the case, who does Havers suggest Lynley get to help him?
(a) Nguyen.
(b) Lemmer.
(c) Danvers.
(d) Nkata.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the second victim killed?

2. Who cares for Mrs. Havers when Barbara is at work?

3. Who does Glyn not want to attend Elena's funeral?

4. When Lynley and Havers are trying to find connections between the murder victims, whose name comes up?

5. While being questioned by Lynley and Havers, whose room does Gareth claim to have seen Elena coming out of the morning she was killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. After learning that his assumption about the father of Elena's baby is incorrect, what is Anthony Weaver's response?

2. How does Lynley figure that Sarah Gordon got into Cambridge unseen when she killed Elena Weaver?

3. According to the professor that Lynley meets at the jazz concert, why did Elena sleep with the professor?

4. What type of scholar was the second murder victim?

5. Why does Glyn Weaver snoop around Anthony's house after Justine goes out for a run?

6. When questioned by Lynley and Havers about the night before Elena died, what does Lennart Thorsson admit to?

7. Before collecting several items from Thorsson's bedroom, what does Lynley have Havers do?

8. Although Anthony is taken to police headquarters after shooting Sarah Gordon, why do the police believe that he would be acquitted by a jury if brought up on charges?

9. Why does Melinda decide that she and Rosalyn need to leave Cambridge?

10. To get around the petty dispute of the two forensics experts at the Cambridge Constabulary, what does Lynley suggest to the Detective Inspector?

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