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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. Where do Jury and Wiggins meet up after Beatrice's murder?
2. Who adopted Helen's child?
3. What does Wiggins learn is the real reason why Helen was taken out of school?
4. What secret does Jury confess to Grace that he knows about her?
5. What kind of storm interferes with several characters' plans to get to Charles Seaingham's home?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the Margate Hotel described?
2. How does Jury come to realize that Melrose and Vivian are in the area when he arrives at the Jerusalem Inn?
3. What is confusing to the guests about Beatrice's murder scene?
4. What is Grace's physician's theory about what happened with Beatrice?
5. How does Susan Assington appear to the group when it arrives at Spinney Abbey during the snowstorm?
6. What feature of Beatrice's leaves a particular impression on Melrose when he first meets her?
7. How does Jury respond to being yelled at when he lights the fire in the Margate Hotel?
8. What does Parmenger later admit to doing at Seaingham's mansion during his visit there?
9. What theory of Beatrice's murder do Jury and Melrose discuss at the Jerusalem Inn when they are there with Tom and Robbie?
10. What was Brown's assignment when she was placed at Bonaventure?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the Helen Minton murder scene 1) sets the tone for the rest of the novel and 2) introduces at least three key facts about Helen that are important throughout the rest of the text. Make sure to use direct quotations and evidence from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss at least 3 literary devices that Grimes uses to help the reader better understand at least one character of your choosing. Use direct quotations and/or examples from the text to support your position.
Essay Topic 3
Describe at least four negative aspects of having a protagonist as brooding as Richard Jury. Make sure to use evidence from the novel to support your position.
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