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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 "Two: Joy," how much younger is Jack Dartford than Frances Pye?

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

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

4. In "Three: A Girl," what is the subject of a picture that hides the safe at Pye Hall?

5. In "One: Sorrow," how old was Robert when he left school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In "Five: Silver," where does Johnny say that he got the Roman silver belt buckle?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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

Charles justifies killing Conway. Why did Charles kill Conway? Why did he say that he killed to protect readers? Was that the true reason that he killed Conway?

Essay Topic 3

Sometimes the author ends a chapter of section with a cliffhanger. What sections of the novel end with a cliffhanger? Does the use of cliffhangers increase or decrease suspense in the novel?

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