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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 Lynley tell Olivia he knows in this section?

2. Why is Kenneth at the airport all night?

3. Where does Lynley find Helen asleep?

4. Where does Chris say he was the night of Kenneth's death?

5. Why does Chris say he should find a job as a bread maker?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is it easy to believe that Jimmy could have killed his own father?

7. Why does Lynley take Jimmy to New Scotland Yard?

8. How the author describe Hadiya's father?

9. Why did Olivia decide to get back in contact with her mother?

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

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 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

In what way does the novel suggest that helping people can lead to the neglect of others? How could people like Miriam have achieved more of a balance in their relationships?

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