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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 Jimmy like to make models of?

2. What do Guy and his friends use their apartment for?

3. Who does Lynley find waiting for him in Chapter 25?

4. Why does Gariella say she took Ken's car the night of his death?

5. Who jumps on Jimmy as soon as he is escorted from his house by the police?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Miriam help Ken into the Kent cricket team?

2. In what way could it be said that Kenneth's pride was responsible for his death?

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

4. Describe Lynley and Havers meeting with Guy Mollinson in this section?

5. How did Olivia find out she had ALS?

6. Why is it difficult for Lynley to believe that Jimmy is the murderer?

7. What information does Mollinson give Lynley about the case in this section?

8. What problems is Lynley having with his boss in Chapter 21?

9. How does Jimmy react when Lynley finally gets to him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does the author describe Celedine Cottage? What kind of tone does her descriptions create? What is significant about about a murder happening here? How would the meaning of the story change if the murder happened elsewhere?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the Lynley and Helen subplot important to the story? How does the subplot effect Lynley's attitude towards the case? What does this subplot suggest about future books in the Lynley series?

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