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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 mood of transportation does the sergeant used to get to the house?

2. The police telephone from what region?

3. Mollie asks Mrs. Boyle about her former job as a:

4. Why does Mollie doubt the sergeant's rank?

5. What is the surname of Mollie and Giles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mollie and Giles have a lovers' quarrel in the kitchen, witnessed in part by Paravicini. What is the cause for the quarrel? How is it resolved?

2. What is Mrs. Lyon's real name? What was the note found with her body?

3. Mollie and Giles want to surprise each other with gifts for their first anniversary. What are the gifts? What are the couple's reactions?

4. What are the issues the Ralstons are having with the heating system?

5. How does Major Metcalf respond when Mrs. Boyle complains about the accommodations?

6. How does the author describe Christopher Wren?

7. Why is Christopher Wren so upset when it is suggested that he might be the oldest Corrigan child? What is Wren's confession to Mollie?

8. Miss Casewell has reasons for her secrecy regarding her background. What are they and why is it imperative to keep it a secret?

9. Why is Detective Sergeant Trotter discouraged from going to Monkswell Manor?

10. What is the first issue brought up by Mrs. Boyle? How does Giles reply to the complaint?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Miss Casewell is very mysterious about her whereabouts and her origin. Explain. Where was Miss Casewell born? Where had she been living prior to her return to England? What is Miss Casewell's true identity? Why is Miss Casewell at Monkswell Manor?

Essay Topic 2

From the start, Giles Ralston and Christopher Wren clash. Explain why the two men do not get along. Is the animosity mutual? What might have caused it? Compare and contrast Giles and Wren.

Essay Topic 3

It had been approximately nine years since the Longridge Farm case was tried. Explain Mrs. Boyle's role in the case. What happened to the foster parents? If it had been less than ten years since the children last saw each other, why didn't Kathy and Georgie recognize one another? What prompted the recognition?

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