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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) Her husband ran off with the money she had saved.
(b) She knows too much about the royalty.
(c) She has an affair with her old boss, who fires her.
(d) She is in an accident.

2. Why does Tommy want to go to the Jerusalem Inn with Melrose in Chapter 14?
(a) Because he wants to meet his girlfriend there.
(b) Because he wants to go out drinking.
(c) Because he has something to talk to Melrose about privatelly.
(d) Because he is feeling cooped up.

3. Who was Helen very interested in when she came to talk to Miss Dunsany?
(a) Miss Dunsany herself.
(b) Miss Dunsany's mother.
(c) A former teacher of Miss Dunsany.
(d) A former maid employed in the Dunsany household.

4. Who admits to having knowledge of poisons?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Parmenger.
(c) Sir George.
(d) Jury.

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

6. Who is playing music when the guests arrive at Seaingham?
(a) Jury.
(b) A famous pianist.
(c) Melrose.
(d) Tommy Whittaker.

7. What does Melrose watch at the Jerusalem Inn when he is shortly stranded there by a storm?
(a) A bar fight.
(b) A game of snooker.
(c) Something suspicious going on in the back corner.
(d) Just the people in general.

8. What has apparently happened to Tommy's parents?
(a) They were murdered.
(b) They died.
(c) They abandoned the baby on the Seaingham doorstep.
(d) They abandoned the baby on Beatrice's doorstep.

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

10. Who is Lady St. Leger in charge of?
(a) Melrose.
(b) Jury.
(c) Some children whose names the reader never learns.
(d) Tommy.

11. What is Frederick charges with doing while he is at Spinney Abbey?
(a) Paintaing a portrait of Grace and Charles's fancy estate.
(b) Painting a portrait of Charles.
(c) Painting a portrait of Grace and Charles together.
(d) Painting a portrait of Grace.

12. Which members of the group greatly admire William McQuade?
(a) Vivian and Melrose.
(b) Only Vivian, because no one else has seen his movies.
(c) Vivian and Charles.
(d) Vivian and Jury.

13. How does Jury decide Beatrice has been killed?
(a) She was strangled.
(b) She was stabbed.
(c) She was poisoned.
(d) She was shot.

14. What time does Jury wake up Melrose the morning after Beatrice's murder?
(a) Shortly after 9.
(b) Shortly after 8.
(c) Shortly after 10.
(d) Shortly after 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Tom and Melrose return to the mansion after sneaking out?

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

3. Whom does Cullen arrive with at Beatrice's murder scene?

4. What does Wiggins learn is the real reason why Helen was taken out of school?

5. Why does Jury want to go to the Jerusalem Inn the morning after Beatrice's murder?

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