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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 kind of oil does the lab identify on the evidence found at the cottage?

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

3. Where does Lynley find Helen asleep?

4. Who does the valet say insists on seeing Lynley right away?

5. Who does the tabloid speculate that Kenneth is having an affair with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new information do the police find out about Chris and Olivia in Chapter 16?

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

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

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

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

6. What new information does Lynley find out from Miriam in Chapter 18?

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

8. Describe Olivia's dream about the National Front?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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