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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Beatrice's murder and the questioning that follows, what time is the group finally allowed back to bed?
(a) Five in the morning.
(b) Two in the morning.
(c) Noon.
(d) Eleven in the morning.

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

3. How long do the guests think it will take for the police to arrive to Beatrice's murder scene?
(a) Days.
(b) This is a trick question; the police are there when she is murdered.
(c) Hours.
(d) Just a few minutes.

4. Why does Jury want to go to the Jerusalem Inn the morning after Beatrice's murder?
(a) He wants to talk to Robbie.
(b) He wants a drink.
(c) He has heard they make a great breakfast.
(d) He doesn't trust the food at the mansion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jury get to the mansion after Tom and Melrose sneak out?

2. What is Miss Hargreaves-Brown's real name?

3. What does someone believe is the only vehicle that can rescue Melrose, Vivian, Agatha, and Ruthven when they are stranded at the Jerusalem Inn?

4. What kind of storm interferes with several characters' plans to get to Charles Seaingham's home?

5. After Beatrice's body is found, whom does Jury request go with him to the study?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Melrose do with Beatrice's murder scene when he realizes that someone has been killed?

2. How does Susan Assington appear to the group when it arrives at Spinney Abbey during the snowstorm?

3. What role does Jury want Melrose to play during his time at Spinney Abbey?

4. How does Jury respond to being yelled at when he lights the fire in the Margate Hotel?

5. How does Jury come to realize that Melrose and Vivian are in the area when he arrives at the Jerusalem Inn?

6. What wry comment does Parmenger make to Jury about how he is dressed the night Beatrice is found?

7. What information do Jury and Grace share about Grace possibly being poisoned?

8. What is going on in the Jerusalem Inn when Melrose, Plant, Vivian, Agatha, and Ruthven arrive during the snowstorm?

9. How is Lady St. Leger described when her character is introduced in Chapter 11?

10. What information does Ruthven hear from other servants that he passes along to Melrose?

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