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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) Two in the morning.
(b) Noon.
(c) Five in the morning.
(d) Eleven in the morning.

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Robbie Lyte returned to Bonaventure?

2. What does Tommy think of his guardian?

3. Who tells Cullen that Charles was having an affair with Beatrice?

4. What does William McQuade do for a living?

5. Where does Jury find Isobel Dunsany?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Parmenger say to Jury while being questioned about Beatrice's murder?

2. What was Brown's assignment when she was placed at Bonaventure?

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

4. What theory of Beatrice's murder do Jury and Melrose discuss at the Jerusalem Inn when they are there with Tom and Robbie?

5. What does Parmenger later admit to doing at Seaingham's mansion during his visit there?

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

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

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

9. What does Vivian ask Jury as she is leaving from being questioned by him about Beatrice's death?

10. What arrangements was Brown given for her work at Bonaventure?

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