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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 "Crouch End, London," when does Susan get to the end of the manuscript and find the last chapter missing?
(a) Sunday afternoon.
(b) Saturday evening.
(c) Monday morning.
(d) Tuesday after dinner.

2. When did Charles Clover establish Cloverleaf Books?
(a) 8 years ago.
(b) 25 years ago.
(c) 11 years ago.
(d) 19 years ago.

3. In "Woodbridge," how many years has Katie been married?
(a) 18.
(b) 23.
(c) 15.
(d) 27.

4. In "Dinner at the Crown," how much younger does James say that he was than Alan?
(a) 11 years.
(b) More than 20 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) About 15 years.

5. What year is it in Leigh's novel Chapter 21, The Final Act?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Letter," what is the name of the author from whom Conway borrowed names and places and sometimes ideas?

2. In "Detective Work," how many people does Susan say are more likely to have killed Conway than John White?

3. What did Alan Conway do before he wrote the Atticus Pund novels?

4. What is the name of Charles's wife?

5. In "After the Funeral," what color eyes does Claire say that Conway had?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Susan not want to read the last chapter of Magpie Murders when she is in the hospital?

2. What similarities to Pye Hall does Susan see when she visits Alan Conway's home in "Abbey Grange, Framlingham"?

3. What does Susan discover when she compares Leigh's novel to Conway's in "Cloverleaf Books"?

4. What does Conway's ex-wife Melissa say about the Pund novels in "Bradford-on-Avon"?

5. In "A Secret Never to be Told," who killed Magnus and why?

6. In "Dinner at the Crown," what does James tell Susan how his future plans?

7. In "Starbucks, Ipswich," what does Detective Superintendent Locke have to say to Susan when they met at Starbucks?

8. What does Susan say about the "Whodunnit" (183) in "Detective Work"?

9. In "After the Funeral," how does Susan describe the reception after Conway's funeral?

10. In "Crouch End," why do Susan and Andreas argue?

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