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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 "The Letter," what is the name of the author from whom Conway borrowed names and places and sometimes ideas?
2. In "Starbucks, Ipswich," what does Detective Superintendent Locke say was the murder rate last year?
3. In Chapter 21 of Leigh's novel, when was a murder committed at the Pavilion Theatre?
4. In "The Atticus Adventures," when did a TV and film producer leave Framlingham after having lunch with Conway?
5. How old was Andreas when he married for the first time?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Susan discover when she compares Leigh's novel to Conway's in "Cloverleaf Books"?
2. In "Intensive Care," what injuries did Susan have, and how did she recuperate?
3. In a letter that Alan Conway writes to Charles Clover, why does he say that he is committing suicide?
4. In "The Road to Framlingham," what does Charles ask Susan?
5. In "He Used to Hide Things," why does John White say that he and Conway had a falling out?
6. In "Starbucks, Ipswich," what does Detective Superintendent Locke have to say to Susan when they met at Starbucks?
7. In "Cloverleaf Books," what does Susan tell Charles he should do?
8. Who discovered Alan Conway and how?
9. In "Paddington Station," who is Jemima Humphries and why did she lose her job?
10. In "The Club at The Ivy," what does Susan learn from the waiter, Donald Leigh?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Susan feels judged by her sister when she visits her. How are the lives of the two sisters different? How does Katie feel about the life she has lead? What does she want for Susan? Why does Susan feel that Katie is judging her by wanting her to have the same type of life that Katie has?
Essay Topic 3
James tells Susan that Conway borrowed character names and used unusual naming conventions. What does James tell Susan about the way that Conway named his characters? What does Susan discover about Conway’s naming conventions? What does she think about what she discovers? What is revealed about the importance of names in literature?
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