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

2. What does someone believe is the only vehicle that can rescue Melrose, Vivian, Agatha, and Ruthven when they are stranded at the Jerusalem Inn?
(a) A Land Rover.
(b) A tank.
(c) A horse and sleigh.
(d) A Hummer.

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

4. Which three characters run into each other unexpectedly during a game of snooker at the Jerusalem Inn?
(a) Vivian, Charles, and Jury.
(b) Tommy, Melrose, and Jury.
(c) Melrose, Tommy, and Charles.
(d) Chalres, Jury, and Melrose.

5. Why is Robbie Lyte returned to Bonaventure?
(a) Because he was impossible to control.
(b) Because he breaks into a bank and robs it.
(c) Because he loved it there so much.
(d) Because his mother died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who adopted Helen's child?

2. Where does Jury find Isobel Dunsany?

3. What does Melrose watch at the Jerusalem Inn when he is shortly stranded there by a storm?

4. What do the other guests think of Beatrice's writing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Melrose offer Jury about Elizabeth St. Leger when they unexpectedly meet up in the Jerusalem Inn?

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

3. What is Grace's physician's theory about what happened with Beatrice?

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

6. What feature of Beatrice's leaves a particular impression on Melrose when he first meets her?

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

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

9. What does the group discuss over its first dinner at Spinney Abbey?

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

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