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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. Who does Chris admit he was with the night Ken died?

2. What does Havers discover when she arrives home on Saturday night?

3. Who does Olivia say she visited the night of Kenneth's death?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How the author describe Hadiya's father?

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

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

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

8. What new leads does Lynley find in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Olivia's past so important to the story? In what way does it soften how the reader feels about the murderer?

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