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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 Jean's middle name?

2. What does Barbara say they do with Ardley when she gets back to Maidstone?

3. What does Chris ask the dogs to do for him?

4. What did Ken tell Guy he wanted back from the Australians?

5. What does Olivia say she was as angry as when she reached twenty?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the case surrounding Kenneth Fleming so volatile?

2. What is Haver's opinion of Detective Ardley?

3. What do Jimmy and his sibling do at Island Gardens Station?

4. How does Jean react to seeing Ken's dead body?

5. What does Flo say in her phone message to Havers?

6. Why does Olivia say that on the outside her mother had an admirable social conscience?

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

8. How did Olivia meet Richie?

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

10. Who does Mrs Whitelaw think could have accessed the cottage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What has happened in Olivia's recent past? How has she managed to get over the problems from her past? How important has Chris been in helping her get over her problems? How has Olivia's past shaped her into the person she is in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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