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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. 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 has something to talk to Melrose about privatelly.
(c) Because he wants to meet his girlfriend there.
(d) Because he wants to go out drinking.

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

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

4. Who thinks Grace was the intended target (instead of Beatrice)?
(a) George.
(b) Melrose.
(c) Cullen.
(d) Jury.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Grace wearing when she comes to the murder scene?

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

3. How do Tommy and Melrose decide to get to the Jerusalem Inn?

4. Who has invited Frederick to Spinney Abbey?

5. What does Beatrice do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is confusing to the guests about Beatrice's murder scene?

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