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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Beatrice do for a living?
(a) Write movies.
(b) Write fiction.
(c) Write romance.
(d) Write poetry.

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

4. What secret did Helen tell Miss Hargreaves-Brown first?
(a) That she was pregnant.
(b) That she was having an affair.
(c) That she used to sneak out of the school at night.
(d) That she was adopted.

5. What does Melrose think of Grace Seaingham?
(a) That she is very elegant.
(b) That she is an excellent hostess.
(c) That she is every bit the lady.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

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

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

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

9. Why does Tom play snooker with Robbie?
(a) He thinks they might be brothers.
(b) He wants to get information with him.
(c) Robbie is the last person Tom has to beat before he can be champion.
(d) There is no one else who knows how to play snooker.

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

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

12. How does Jury get to the mansion after Tom and Melrose sneak out?
(a) By car.
(b) By snowshoeing with Tom and Melrose.
(c) By skiing with Tom and Melrose.
(d) By hitchiking.

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

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

15. What does Grace say when questioned about her husband's affair?
(a) That she had no idea about it.
(b) That she is outrageously angry and could kill someone over it.
(c) That she knew about it.
(d) That she had some idea but wasn't sure about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is most relieved to learn that Tom isn't a suspect in Beatrice's murder?

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

3. What problem with Grace does Jury want to solve?

4. What secret does Jury confess to Grace that he knows about her?

5. Who adopted Helen's child?

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