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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susan learn about the Atticus Pünd novels from her lunch with Michael Bealey?
(a) The publisher is being sued because Conway plagiarized material.
(b) They have temporarily been erased from the publisher's distribution system.
(c) They are being made into a series of television shows.
(d) A new author has been assigned to continue the series.

2. What assurance does Conway repeatedly give people on his interview tapes?
(a) He says that he will not write about the hotel.
(b) He says that he will let them read the book before it is published.
(c) He tells them that he is trying to clear Codrescu's name.
(d) He tells them that he is not recording the conversation.

3. What does Susan realize about Lisa Treherne when Lisa gets up from the dinner table?
(a) Lisa is drunk.
(b) Lisa has a pronounced limp.
(c) Lisa is nearly blind.
(d) Lisa is hiding a scratch on her arm.

4. What is implied by Susan's question to Lionel Corby about whether all of his clients were men?
(a) She is pointing out that he is a misogynist.
(b) She suspects that he was a sex worker while he was in London.
(c) She dislikes the kind of men who are obsessed with physical fitness.
(d) She is following up on something that Lawrence said about Lionel.

5. Why does Susan ask about Roxana's exact age?
(a) She is curious about why Roxana is not in school.
(b) She wants to know if Cecily was pregnant when she married Aiden.
(c) She wants to know where Roxana was during the wedding.
(d) She is concerned about the child's development.

Short Answer Questions

1. When DCS Locke first speaks to Susan in "Martlesham Heath," how does Susan describe his tone?

2. What is diazepam?

3. What does Susan learn about Melissa from her interview with Lionel Corby?

4. What important detail about Heath House does Khan reveal?

5. Besides wondering why Khan is practicing in Suffolk, what question does Susan have about his law firm?

Short Essay Questions

1. In her interview with Alan Conway, what lie does Cecily say Frank Parris told, and how did she find out it was a lie?

2. What conflicting attitudes does Lisa Trehorne seem to hold about Cecily and her disappearance?

3. Whe Susan has breakfast with him, what claims does Lionel Corby make about Lisa Treherne?

4. What does Susan keep in storage in London, and what does she use it to do once she gets there?

5. What causes Susan to think that there is something her sister is keeping from her?

6. How do Martin and Joanne Williams behave when Susan interviews them, and what impression does she take away from the encounter?

7. What factors in Stefan's background does Susan believe contributed to his conviction?

8. In "Ladbroke Grove," what does Susan realize about Craig Andrews that makes her feel a little guilty and confused?

9. How did James Taylor and Alan Conway meet and become partners?

10. Why do Lawrence and Pauline Trehorne seek Susan out in Greece?

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