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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. What is Barbara Havers's rank?

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

3. As the story opens, which character has come to Sheep's Green to draw?

4. What is the name of the running club Rosalyn belongs to?

5. Who does Lynley's companion consider to be a stronger suspect than Gordon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Sarah Gordon's alibi confirmed for the day Elena was killed?

2. When Lynley reaches the crime scene, what do the local men in the workshop repairing boats believe about the ongoing investigation?

3. How does Glyn Weaver respond in Chapter 9 when the police deny her second demand?

4. How would life change if Anthony Weaver is awarded the Penford Chair?

5. According to Chapter 2, why is Daniel Sheehan edgy about investigating Elena's murder?

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

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

8. When did Sarah Gordon and Elena Weaver first meet?

9. Why did Pen originally decide to become a stay-at-home mother?

10. In Chapter 7 when Harry Rodger returns home, why does he leave for Cambridge shortly after arriving home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the story, there are several situations where a character's life is in danger.

a. Identify at least three instances where one of the characters is in danger. Describe the situation and how the character escapes from danger.

b. Compare the dangerous situations in which others are attempting to harm your identified characters. What is the motivation in each of these situations to do harm?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the characteristics, roles, loyalties, and agendas of the following people in the story: Sarah Gordon, Justine Weaver, Glyn Weaver, and Rosalyn Simpson.

Essay Topic 3

Examine how the character of Thomas Lynley changes as the story progresses. Be sure to include your assessment of Lynley's character when he is first introduced in the story, when he first suspects Sarah Gordon, when he solves the case, and at the end of the story with Helen Clyde.

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