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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Jury react to learning that Melrose is in the area when he arrives at the Jerusalem Inn?
2. What does Jury do in the Margate Hotel that causes someone else to get upset?
3. What kind of storm interferes with several characters' plans to get to Charles Seaingham's home?
4. What meal do Grace and Jury share while discussing Beatrice's murder?
5. What does Melrose watch at the Jerusalem Inn when he is shortly stranded there by a storm?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Brown's assignment when she was placed at Bonaventure?
2. What information does Ruthven hear from other servants that he passes along to Melrose?
3. How does Susan Assington appear to the group when it arrives at Spinney Abbey during the snowstorm?
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 role does Jury want Melrose to play during his time at Spinney Abbey?
6. How is Lady St. Leger described when her character is introduced in Chapter 11?
7. What does Vivian ask Jury as she is leaving from being questioned by him about Beatrice's death?
8. What is Grace's physician's theory about what happened with Beatrice?
9. What wry comment does Parmenger make to Jury about how he is dressed the night Beatrice is found?
10. What does the group discuss over its first dinner at Spinney Abbey?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze at least three aspects of "Jerusalem Inn" that makes the novel believable as well as what literary devices Grimes uses to create that level of believability OR analyze at least three aspects of "Jerusalem Inn" that makes the novel unbelievable as well as what literary devices Grimes does not use effectively to create a level of believability in the story.
Essay Topic 2
Describe at least four features of Lady St. Leger, how those features fulfill the traditional, literary requirements of a villain.
Essay Topic 3
Murder mysteries, and Martha Grimes in particular, are an especially popular type of novel. Discuss at least four aspects of Grimes's writing style that resonates so strongly with such a large audience, citing specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
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