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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 does Helen say she ate while out shopping?

2. Complete the following rhyme; "step on a crack and break..."

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

4. What heading does Olivia say her mother categorized her under?

5. What does Olivia say her father did when he saw her standing in the hotel room doorway in just a small t-shirt?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Mrs. Whitelaw rekindle her relationship with Kenneth after the death of her her husband?

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

7. What was Kenneth's involvement with Gabriella Patton?

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

9. What does Jean say to Derrick on the phone?

10. How does Miriam react to Olivia's pregnancy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the following people and their potential motive for murdering Kenneth.

1. Olivia.

2. Jean.

3. Hugh Patton.

4. Jimmy.

How does Lynley cross them off his list and use the information they give him to find the real killer?

Essay Topic 3

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

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