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

2. What does Jury do in the Margate Hotel that causes someone else to get upset?
(a) Get too drunk.
(b) Demand to be given free accommodations because he is a police officer.
(c) Light a fire.
(d) Make a lot of noise.

3. How much older than Susan Assington is her husband?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) Only one day.
(d) 20 years.

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

5. How does Tom discover the body at the mansion?
(a) He sees it from afar.
(b) He sees someone trying to bury it.
(c) He smells it.
(d) He trips on it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who adopted Helen's child?

2. Where does Jury find Isobel Dunsany?

3. What is the real relationship between Helen and Parmenger?

4. What has apparently happened to Tommy's parents?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How is the Margate Hotel described?

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

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

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

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