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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 "Three: A Girl," what time does Francis Pye say that she left London?

2. In "Five: Silver," how old is Diana Weaver?

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

4. In "Three: A Girl," how late is Diana Weaver in getting started on her work for Clarissa?

5. In "One: Sorrow," how much younger was Clarissa than her brother Magnus?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Two: Joy," what family history does Pund think about?

3. In "Two: Joy," why is Rev. Osborne upset after reading the Bath Weekly Chronicle?

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

5. How did Dr. Emilia Redwing remember that Mary Blakiston died?

6. In "Courch End, London," how does Susan feel about the Atticus Pund novels and the author of them?

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

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

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

10. In "Five: Silver," what is Brent's house like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Charles Clover worked with Susan Ryeland at another publishing company before he started his own publishing house. What type of relationship do Charles and Susan have? What changes their relationship? How would you describe their relationship by the end of the novel?

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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