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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Beatrice's body is found, whom does Jury request go with him to the study?
(a) Parmenger.
(b) Vivian.
(c) Melrose.
(d) Harry.

2. Who promises to come get Melrose, Vivian, Agatha, and Ruthven when they are stranded at the Jerusalem Inn during a storm?
(a) Jury.
(b) The local police.
(c) Mrs. Seaingham.
(d) Charles Seaingham.

3. How does Charles react when asked about Helen's murder?
(a) His hands start shaking.
(b) He becomes very angry.
(c) He faints.
(d) He becomes very nervous.

4. Who does Jury come to believe is Robbie's mother?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Vivian.
(c) Grace.
(d) Helen.

5. What does Jury ask Vivian when he is questioning her about Beatrice's murder?
(a) Who she thinks might be guilty of the crime.
(b) Why she isn't married.
(c) Why she is so mean to him all of the time.
(d) If they can go out sometime.

6. How do Tommy and Melrose decide to get to the Jerusalem Inn?
(a) By ski or snowshoe.
(b) By walking.
(c) By snowmobile.
(d) By stealing a car.

7. What does Melrose think of Beatrice?
(a) That she is hideously ugly.
(b) That he cannot decide if she is ugly or not.
(c) That she is neight ugly nor attractive.
(d) That she is attractive.

8. What is Grace wearing when she comes to the murder scene?
(a) Her nightclothes.
(b) A very fancy ballgown.
(c) Nothing but a towel.
(d) Hiking gear.

9. What secret does Jury confess to Grace that he knows about her?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) That she is a fugitive.
(c) That she is ill.
(d) That she is having an affair.

10. What do the other guests think of Beatrice's writing?
(a) They don't know about it because she uses a pen name.
(b) That it is kind of trashy.
(c) That it is very fancy.
(d) That it is very intellectual.

11. Whom does Wiggins talk to again to learn more about Helen?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Nellie.
(c) Abbie.
(d) Melrose.

12. What forces Danielle into service as a maid?
(a) She knows too much about the royalty.
(b) She is in an accident.
(c) She has an affair with her old boss, who fires her.
(d) Her husband ran off with the money she had saved.

13. Who tells Cullen that Charles was having an affair with Beatrice?
(a) Melrose.
(b) Jury.
(c) Vivian.
(d) Charles himself.

14. Who is George?
(a) A famous artist visiting the Seaingham house.
(b) A neighbor of Seaingham who no one else really likes.
(c) Susan Assington's personal physician.
(d) Susan Assington's son.

15. Who is Mrs. Krimp?
(a) A guest at the Margate Hotel.
(b) The owner of the Margate Hotel.
(c) A housekeeper at the Margate Hotel.
(d) A waitress at the Margate Hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Jury wake up Melrose the morning after Beatrice's murder?

2. Which three characters run into each other unexpectedly during a game of snooker at the Jerusalem Inn?

3. What kind of case does Jury question Sir George about?

4. After Beatrice's murder and the questioning that follows, what time is the group finally allowed back to bed?

5. Who suggests Melrose, Vivian, Agatha, and Ruthven could get a room at the Jerusalem Inn when it appears they are stranded from the storm?

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