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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 Leonard call his house?
(a) Heath House.
(b) Bedside Manor.
(c) Three Chimneys.
(d) Abbey Grange.

2. What change to the opening of Atticus Pünd Takes the Case did Susan argue for when she was editing the book?
(a) She wanted Conway to start the book with Pünd, not the action in Tawleigh.
(b) She wanted the book to begin with Madeline Cain learning about James's death.
(c) She wanted the Ludendorff Diamond case moved to the book's beginning.
(d) She wanted the murder to have already happened before the narrative starts.

3. When, on page 168 of "Thirteen: Post-Mortem," Hund asks Pünd why he has a "bee in [his] bonnet" about the telephone cord, what is implied by Pünd's reply "a bee"?
(a) He is unfamiliar with this phrase.
(b) He is insulted by Hare's attitude.
(c) He is disappointed in Hare's deductive ability.
(d) He thinks that Hare is making a joke.

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

5. What is Hare's reaction to Francis's death?
(a) He is more determined than ever to catch the killer.
(b) He is frightened and overwhelmed.
(c) He feels responsible.
(d) He blames Pünd.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Derek say was present when Cecily called her parents before she disappeared?

2. In "Thirteen: Post-Mortem," where does Eric say he will be staying?

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

4. What character of Conway's is Susan thinking of when she accuses him of "equating disability with inadequacy" (233)?

5. What item does Hare tell Pünd was used to strangle Melissa?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Susan visits Katie in the chapter "Katie," what does she learn has been troubling her sister?

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

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

5. In "Eight: Taken by the Tide," what causes Cox to finally tell the truth about his whereabouts on the night of the murder?

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

7. In "Thirteen: Post-Mortem," what three main reasons does Pünd offer for not believing that Francis killed himself?

8. In "Seven: A Question of Time," what attitude does DCI Hare have toward Pünd's arrival, and why?

9. When Susan analyzes the character names in Conway's book, what two things does she realize that most of them have in common?

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

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