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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 name does Mr. Strike repeatedly call Robin?

2. How did Charlie Bristow die?

3. Strike surmises that Lula fell from the top floor of the apartment building, which he estimates to be about how many feet up?

4. What symbolic object does Strike find comforting as he spends time with Robin because it represents a neat full stop in Part 2, Chapter 2?

5. What are the names of the Bristows who adopted Charlie, John, and Lula?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Charlie Bristow?

2. What are John Bristow's opinions on Evan Duffield?

3. Who is Mrs. Hook and why does she become upset in Part 2, Chapter 5?

4. Compare and contrast Detective Inspector Roy Carver and Detective Sergeant Eric Wardle. What role does each play in the novel?

5. What information does Robin relate from her research on Marlene Higson in Part 2, Chapter 1?

6. Why are John Bristow's responses to Strike regarding Lula's friend from the mental hospital significant in Part 2, Chapter 9?

7. What details does Tansy Bestigui relate to Strike regarding her witnessing Lula's fall in Part 2, Chapter 11?

8. Who is Freddy Bestigui?

9. What is the timeline surrounding Lula's death from 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.?

10. What injury has Strike sustained? How did he get this injury? Is the injury obvious?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the circumstances surrounding the inciting event in The Cuckoo's Calling. When does the death occur that propels the action of the narrative? Who dies? How does this character die?

Essay Topic 2

Who is the sole witness to Lula's fall? Why is this witness discredited by the police? What information does Strike learn from this character? What lies does he reveal she has given? Why did she lie?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Deeby Macc and what was his relationship to Lula Landry prior to her death? Where was Deeby Macc set to stay on the night of Lula's death? Where did he stay instead? Why?

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