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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 Miss Cain make a list of for Atticus Pünd?
(a) The names and addresses of people he needs to interview.
(b) Important moments in the timeline of the murder.
(c) Contradictions in witnesses's statements.
(d) The titles of all of Melissa James's films.

2. Where are the Collins children when Pünd visits the Collins home?
(a) Upstairs, with Algernon.
(b) At school.
(c) At the lighthouse.
(d) At a church youth meeting.

3. In "Thirteen: Post-Mortem," where does Eric say he will be staying?
(a) He has no idea.
(b) With friends.
(c) With his aunt.
(d) At the Red Lion.

4. What does Melissa say she was angry about on the Thursday before Aiden and Cecily's wedding?
(a) She was unhappy to see Parris at the hotel.
(b) She was angry at Alan Conway for missing visitation with their son, Freddie.
(c) She was jealous of Aiden and Cecily's happiness.
(d) She had an argument with Lionel Corby.

5. 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 kitchen.
(c) In the servants' quarters.
(d) On the driveway.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Twelve: An Arrest is Made," who does Hare arrest?

3. By the end of the novel, why does Pünd feel responsible for Francis's death?

4. What does Leonard call his house?

5. What does Eric's mother remind him of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. What two clues lead Pünd to solve the puzzle of the conversation that Cox overheard at Clarence Keep on the night Melissa was killed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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