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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Eleven: Darkness Falls," what conclusion does Atticus Pünd come to about the case?
2. What does Melissa think that Lance and Maureen Gardner look like?
3. What does Melissa tell Algernon that throws him into a panic?
4. When Susan arrives at Heath House in "Back to Westleton," what is Martin holding?
5. What does the wallpaper in Melissa's room remind Pünd of?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the solution to the crime explained in "The Ludendorff Diamond"?
2. What terrible accident happens on Algernon's way home in "Algernon Marsh," and what does he do about it?
3. In "Seven: A Question of Time," what attitude does DCI Hare have toward Pünd's arrival, and why?
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 happened to Atticus Pünd during World War II, and why did it cause him to lose faith in religion?
6. What two clues lead Pünd to solve the puzzle of the conversation that Cox overheard at Clarence Keep on the night Melissa was killed?
7. 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?
8. What does Leonard Collins tell the detectives about Melissa's phone call to him shortly before her death?
9. In "Thirteen: Post-Mortem," what three main reasons does Pünd offer for not believing that Francis killed himself?
10. In "Eight: Taken by the Tide," what causes Cox to finally tell the truth about his whereabouts on the night of the murder?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the motif of immigration in Moonflower Murders. Defend your analysis with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
How does Cecily Treherne's obsession with astrology reflect a larger concern in the novel with the ways in which we try--and fail--to know one another? Write an essay that explores this connection and that uses textual evidence to support your claims about the novel's messages about truly knowing others.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that compares and contrasts Francis Pendleton and Aiden MacNeil and that makes a clear claim about the significance of their differences and similarities. Provide textual evidence for your analysis.
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