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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8: "The Book" through "The Owl".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Cecily and Andreas's hotel?
(a) The Ammoudi.
(b) The Herkalion.
(c) The Polydorus.
(d) The Mythos.

2. In "Nine: Scene of the Crime," what does Hare say he has found out from Melissa's bank manager?
(a) She had applied for a second mortgage on Clarence Keep.
(b) She had recently come into a very large sum of money.
(c) She was trying to sell her shares in Algernon's company.
(d) She was thinking about selling the Moonflower Hotel.

3. On the set of which film did Melissa and Francis meet?
(a) The Queen's Ransom.
(b) Hostage to Fortune.
(c) Casablanca.
(d) Dial M for Murder.

4. Besides the bedroom, where else does Hare tell Pünd that Melissa left a tissue wet with her tears?
(a) In the living room.
(b) In the servants' quarters.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) On the driveway.

5. When the house is being searched after Francis's death, what important piece of evidence does an officer find hidden among some papers?
(a) Melissa's contract with Cox.
(b) Melissa's fan mail.
(c) Melissa's missing lingerie.
(d) Melissa's letter to her lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the book that ended Susan's publishing career?

2. When Lisa refers to an "extortionate" sum of money, what is she comparing Susan's work for the Trehornes to (247)?

3. What causes the Chandlers to think that a stranger came to the door on the night Melissa was killed?

4. On page 235, Susan mentions a "nom de plume." Which type of person is likely to have a non de plume?

5. How was Cecily going to pay for the flat she was looking at in London when she met Aiden?

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