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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wins the snooker tournament Tom plays after sneaking out with Melrose?
(a) Jury.
(b) Tom.
(c) The other person.
(d) Melrose.

3. Who thinks Grace was the intended target (instead of Beatrice)?
(a) Jury.
(b) Cullen.
(c) George.
(d) Melrose.

4. How much older than Susan Assington is her husband?
(a) 10 years.
(b) Only one day.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 20 years.

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

6. Who is Sir George Assington?
(a) Grace's secret lover.
(b) Grace's physician.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Grace's husband.

7. Who is most relieved to learn that Tom isn't a suspect in Beatrice's murder?
(a) Melrose.
(b) Tom himself.
(c) Vivian.
(d) St. Leger.

8. How does Tom discover the body at the mansion?
(a) He smells it.
(b) He sees it from afar.
(c) He trips on it.
(d) He sees someone trying to bury it.

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

10. What is St. Leger so concerned about that happened the night before Beatrice's murder?
(a) That she heard people yelling but didn't investigate to see who or why.
(b) That someone tried to poison her own drink.
(c) That Tom was out on skis so late at night.
(d) That she got into a fight with Beatrice.

11. What does Jury do in the Margate Hotel that causes someone else to get upset?
(a) Make a lot of noise.
(b) Demand to be given free accommodations because he is a police officer.
(c) Light a fire.
(d) Get too drunk.

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

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

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

15. Who is horrified at the thought of Melrose, Vivian, Agatha, and Ruthven getting a room at the Jerusalem Inn when it appears they are stranded from the storm?
(a) Melrose.
(b) Ruthven.
(c) Vivian.
(d) Agatha.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Beatrice's body found?

3. Why does Tommy want to go to the Jerusalem Inn with Melrose in Chapter 14?

4. What does Tommy think of his guardian?

5. What has apparently happened to Tommy's parents?

(see the answer keys)

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