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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. In "One: Sorrow," how old is Sir Magnus Pye?

2. In "Three: A Girl," what does Henrietta serve her husband to eat?

3. In "Four: A Boy," what color does Pund say that Joy's motor scooter is?

4. In "Five: Silver," what color car does Matthew Blakiston drive?

5. In "Three: A Girl," where does Reverend Osborne tell his wife that Pund solved a case where a teacher was murdered during a play?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Three: A Girl," what does Jack Dartford tell Inspector Chubb and Pund about himself and what he and Frances Pye were doing in London?

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

4. In "Two: Joy," why did Dr. Redwing put her father in a nursing home?

5. In "Two: Joy," what does Pund's doctor tell him?

6. How does Pund feel when he awakes in "Four: A Boy" and what does he do?

7. In "Five: Silver," what does Clarissa decide to do after learning that she was the child born first?

8. In "Three: A Girl," why are people gathered around the bus shelter?

9. In "Four: A Boy," what does Dr. Redwing say to Pund and Fraser about missing medicine?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Charles Clover is the publisher of Cloverleaf Books. What type of person is Charles? How does his character seem to change over the course of the novel? How would you describe Charles and the type of person that he is?

Essay Topic 2

Susan refers to Magpie Murders as a whodunit. What is a whodunit? What pleasure do whodunnits provide? What is the reason for the existence of a whodunit story?

Essay Topic 3

Conway took elements of Magpie Murders from real life. What are some elements in Magpie Murders that Conway took from real life? What is revealed about art imitating life?

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