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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 item does Hare tell Pünd was used to strangle Melissa?
(a) A length of wire.
(b) A curtain tie.
(c) A telephone cord.
(d) The tie on her bathrobe.

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

3. When Susan arrives at Heath House in "Back to Westleton," what is Martin holding?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A dog leash.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A copy of Conway's book.

4. What is the title of the Bach sheet music that Samantha Collins has on the piano when Pünd visits her house?
(a) "Toccata and Fugue in D minor."
(b) "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring."
(c) "The Goldberg Variations."
(d) "Come, Sweet Death."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hare and Pünd confront Algernon with Melissa's letter, whom does he say she was writing to?

2. Cox tells the detectives he overheard an argument at Clarence Keep. What was the argument about?

3. Who owns Sun Trap Holdings?

4. From the context of "Clarence Keep," what is a "florentine"?

5. When Susan returns to Branlow Hall in "The Owl," why is Melissa Conway there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two main reasons does Atticus Pünd give for the abolition of the death penalty in "Crime and Punishment"?

2. 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?

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

4. What timeline question is raised by Cox's confession about following Melissa, and what does Pünd eventually find out happened during the missing time?

5. What does Leonard Collins tell the detectives about Melissa's phone call to him shortly before her death?

6. In "Seventeen: At the Moonflower Hotel," what solution does Pünd offer to the mystery of who killed Francis?

7. In "Seventeen: At the Moonflower Hotel," what solution does Pünd offer to the mystery of why the phone cord was wiped clean of fingerprints?

8. What happened to Atticus Pünd during World War II, and why did it cause him to lose faith in religion?

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

10. What is the solution to the crime explained in "The Ludendorff Diamond"?

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