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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 Coffman say the superintendent has gone?

2. Where does Helen say she has just been shopping?

3. What does Miriam always drink after dinner?

4. Who does Chris say is responsible for Livie's bad behavior?

5. What does Olivia's father die of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the girls at the cafe decide who fetches a repair man?

2. What does Jean remember about the last time she spoke with Kenneth?

3. What kind of relationship did Hugh have with his wife Gabriella?

4. How did Olivia meet Chris?

5. What new information does Lynley find out about Olivia in this section?

6. What does Olivia remember about her mother's relationship with Kenneth?

7. What information about her does Olivia say her mother wouldn't want people to know?

8. What did Olivia soon discover about Richie after she went back with him?

9. What details do the police have about Kenneth's private life?

10. How did Olivia meet Richie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Miriam's relationship with Kenneth Fleming? Why was she so interested in helping him? How did her relationship with Kenneth effect her relationship with her daughter Olivia?

Essay Topic 2

How has Jean and Kenneth's difficult marriage effect Jimmy? Why does their relationship make it easy to believe Jimmy's confession of murder?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Olivia's past so important to the story? In what way does it soften how the reader feels about the murderer?

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