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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. What weapon does Jury decide Beatrice is killed with?

2. What does Wiggins learn is the real reason why Helen was taken out of school?

3. Where do Jury and Wiggins meet up after Beatrice's murder?

4. What does someone believe is the only vehicle that can rescue Melrose, Vivian, Agatha, and Ruthven when they are stranded at the Jerusalem Inn?

5. What kind of case does Jury question Sir George about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What first impression of Parmenger does Melrose offer to Jury?

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

10. How is the Margate Hotel described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss 1) at least three ways the novel would change if it were written from the perspective of Melrose as well as 2) at least three literary devices Grimes could use while writing from these different perspectives.

Essay Topic 2

Choose at least one female character from "Jerusalem Inn" and discuss at least three ways she goes against traditional gender stereotypes of someone like her.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why it was necessary for Beatrice to die in "Jerusalem Inn." Make sure to discuss what effect her death has on the text in general and on Jury in particular -- and why those consequences were necessary for the story.

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