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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 allusion made by Hare helps Pünd solve the case?
(a) His reference to The Wizard of Oz.
(b) His reference to the labors of Hercules.
(c) His reference to Othello.
(d) His reference to The Marriage of Figaro.

2. What causes the Chandlers to think that a stranger came to the door on the night Melissa was killed?
(a) They heard an unfamiliar voice.
(b) The dog was barking.
(c) Phyllis saw a car she did not recognize.
(d) Eric heard Melissa ask "Who are you?"

3. What idea of Susan's was included in the published version of Conway's book?
(a) The Turkish dagger.
(b) The hit-and-run.
(c) Algernon's Peugeot.
(d) The tear in Melissa's wallpaper.

4. What is DCI Hare's first theory about Francis's death?
(a) Eric Chandler killed him.
(b) Algernon killed him.
(c) The person they saw peeking in the windows killed him.
(d) It was a suicide.

5. When Susan steps outside of the hotel to check on her car, who tries to warn her about the falling owl statue?
(a) Melissa.
(b) Aiden.
(c) Lars.
(d) Lisa.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of "The Ludendorff Diamond," what is Atticus Pünd getting ready to do?

2. What is the name of Atticus Pünd's secretary?

3. At the beginning of "Clarence Keep," what has Eric Chandler just finished doing?

4. Whom does Pünd encounter when he visits St. Daniel's church?

5. In "Crime and Punishment," who contacts Atticus Pünd about investigating the Melissa James case?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Eric Chandler as he is introduced in the chapter "Clarence Keep."

2. In "The Owl," what serious accident almost befalls Susan, and who saves her?

3. When Pünd meets Lance Gardner in "Seven: A Question of Time," what theory does Gardner offer about the murder?

4. Where does Francis Pendleton claim he was on the evening that Melissa was killed, and how does Hare find out that he is lying?

5. How have the Gardners been embezzling from the Moonflower, and who discovers proof of their crime?

6. When Susan visits the Endicott home, what does she find out about why Derek was upset on the Friday of Parris's death?

7. What does Francis find missing in his wife's bedroom, and what happens as a result?

8. As Pünd and Hare drive the now-arrested Algernon to the police station, what event stops their progress at the Bideford Long bridge, and how do they resolve it?

9. In "Seventeen: At the Moonflower Hotel," what solution does Pünd offer for the question of why Melissa went to the church?

10. What crisis is Nancy Miller facing, and what has she decided to do about it?

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