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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. In "Three: A Girl," where has Henrietta seen blood on her husband's clothes?

2. What type of car does Fraser rent for Pund in "Three: A Girl"?

3. In "Four: A Boy," where was Rober at the time Magnus was killed?

4. In "Five: Silver," where does Dr. Redwing say that she last saw Matthew Blakiston?

5. In "One: Sorrow," what had Mary Elizabeth Blakiston been doing before she died?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Three: A Girl," what is the subject of a letter dated July 28, 1955, found on Sir Magnus's desk?

2. In "Two: Joy," why does Magnus come to see his sister Clarissa?

3. What type of life has Robert Blakiston had?

4. In "Three: A Girl," why are people gathered around the bus shelter?

5. In "Two: Joy," why is Frances Pye in London?

6. In "Two: Joy," why is Rev. Osborne upset after reading the Bath Weekly Chronicle?

7. In "Four: A Boy," what do Pund and Fraser do when Joy walks back to tell Dr. Redwing that the men are there to see her?

8. What does Dr. Redwing's father reveal to her before he dies in "Four: A Boy"?

9. In "Two: Joy," why did Dr. Redwing put her father in a nursing home?

10. In "Two: Joy," what family history does Pund think about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pund investigates to figure out who killed Magnus in Magpie Murders. Who are some of the characters that Pund and suspects of murdering Magnus? How do these characters’ behavior and circumstances make them possible suspects?

Essay Topic 2

Sometimes the author ends a chapter of section with a cliffhanger. What sections of the novel end with a cliffhanger? Does the use of cliffhangers increase or decrease suspense in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Charles Clover worked with Susan Ryeland at another publishing company before he started his own publishing house. What type of relationship do Charles and Susan have? What changes their relationship? How would you describe their relationship by the end of the novel?

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