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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. In "Two, Joy," how long would Pund need to finish his book The Landscape of Criminal Investigation?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 9 months.
(d) A year.

2. In "One: Sorrow," how many pages is Reverend Robin Osborne's sermon for Mary Elizabeth Blakiston's funeral?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

3. In "Three: A Girl," what is the date of a typewritten letter addressed to Sir Magnus Pye that is on his desk?
(a) July 28, 1955.
(b) July 30, 1955.
(c) July 31, 1955.
(d) July 29, 1955.

4. In "Two, Joy," when does Magnus Pye say that the manor house was burglarized?
(a) Saturday evening.
(b) Sunday evening.
(c) Tuesday evening.
(d) Monday evening.

5. In "Three: A Girl," what does Henrietta serve her husband to eat?
(a) Vegetable soup and homemade bread.
(b) Quiche and bean salad.
(c) Ham sandwiches and soup.
(d) Meat pie and salad.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Six: Gold," how long had Matthew Blakiston lived in Cardiff?

2. In "Four: A Boy," how many years does a journal span that Mary kept with comments about villagers?

3. In "Six: Gold," how long was Matthew gone after being dismissed by Magnus, when he returned to the Manor?

4. In "Four: A Boy," in an entry from Mary's journal, how much notice had Lord Pye given Bren when he let him go?

5. In "Six: Gold," what was the first name of Brent's father, whose used to be the groundsman at Pye Hall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Redwing's father reveal to her before he dies in "Four: A Boy"?

2. Why has Clarissa Pye's life been a challenge?

3. In "Two: Joy," why is Frances Pye in London?

4. In "Four: A Boy," what do Pund and Fraser do when Joy walks back to tell Dr. Redwing that the men are there to see her?

5. In "Three: A Girl," what does Inspector Chubb say about Frances Pye finding her husband's body?

6. In "Three: A Girl," what does Henrietta want to ask her husband?

7. In "Six: Gold," why did Matthew settle in Cardiff?

8. In "Six, Gold," what conversation did Matthew have with Magnus the night Magnus was murdered?

9. In "One: Sorrow," what does Henrietta Osborne say about funerals and Mary Blakiston?

10. What type of life has Robert Blakiston had?

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