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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. When Pünd interviews Leonard Collins, what question does Leonard find "very strange" (124)?
(a) Pünd asks how long Leonard has owned his Morris car.
(b) Pünd asks how many of Melissa's movies Leonard has seen.
(c) Pünd asks whether Kimba followed him downstairs.
(d) Pünd asks how many phones were in Melissa's house.

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

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

4. What is implied about why Algernon's aunt disinherited him?
(a) She disapproves of his wife.
(b) She knows that he hated her husband.
(c) She was disappointed when he went to jail.
(d) She believes that he was stealing from her.

5. What is the name of the police detective who is assigned to Melissa James's murder?
(a) DC Pane.
(b) DCI Hare.
(c) DCS Locke.
(d) DS Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonard call his house?

2. What does Miss Cain make a list of for Atticus Pünd?

3. To whom is Atticus Pünd Takes the Case dedicated?

4. In "Seven: A Question of Time," why does Miss Cain not join Pünd for breakfast?

5. Who catches Francis as he falls down the stairs after being stabbed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What two lies does Susan realize that the Williamses have told her?

3. What is metafictional about Susan's comment that Alan Conway "was undoubtedly good at what he did" (232)?

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

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

6. In "Clarence Keep," how does Melissa behave as she leaves her house, and why?

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

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

9. What is in the letter that Francis rereads in "Secrets and Shadows"?

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

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