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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. What evidence do the police find of someone jumping over the garden fence at Celedine Cottage?
(a) Blood.
(b) A piece of denim.
(c) Some dead skin.
(d) Some hair.

2. Why does Lynley's father say one should never trust the sea?
(a) It is a mistress who will betray you.
(b) It will grab you by the legs and drag you under.
(c) It is a black sheep who doesn't have your best interests at heart.
(d) It is the avengeful son.

3. What is Chris building in Little Venice?
(a) A shed.
(b) A boat.
(c) A barge.
(d) A house.

4. Where does Hugh claim he was on the night of the murder?
(a) At a club.
(b) At his brother's house.
(c) At a pub.
(d) In Greece.

5. What illness does Olivia have?
(a) Cancer.
(b) ALS.
(c) HIV.
(d) Herpes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Whitelaw say she kept a spare key?

2. How does Gabriella say Mrs. Whitlaw would have felt about her breakup with Kenneth?

3. Where does Olivia find a job?

4. What does Jimmy like to make models of?

5. What is the racist name the National Front group calls Lloyd George?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Havers meet the young girl in chapter eleven?

2. Why is it easy to believe that Jimmy could have killed his own father?

3. Why did Olivia decide to get back in contact with her mother?

4. How does Lynley react when Jimmy falls into the river?

5. What runs through Lynley's mind as he tries to get to Jimmy?

6. What does Nkata uncover about Chris's alibi?

7. How does Olivia imagine her reunion with her mother?

8. What information does Gariella give Lynley about the case?

9. How did Olivia find out she had ALS?

10. How does Nkata help Lynley and Havers at the beginning of chapter ten?

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