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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. On page 114, who tells Pünd that Melissa was "too generous" in her feelings for Algernon?
2. What is the name of Atticus Pünd's secretary?
3. During his conversation with Nancy, what does Pünd reveal that he knows about her?
4. In his questioning of Algernon, what does Pünd call Sun Trap Holdings?
5. In "Katie," how does Katie say she finally discovered what Gordon is up to?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is metafictional about Susan's comment that Alan Conway "was undoubtedly good at what he did" (232)?
2. In "Eight: Taken by the Tide," what causes Cox to finally tell the truth about his whereabouts on the night of the murder?
3. In "The Owl," what serious accident almost befalls Susan, and who saves her?
4. What two main reasons does Atticus Pünd give for the abolition of the death penalty in "Crime and Punishment"?
5. What happened to Atticus Pünd during World War II, and why did it cause him to lose faith in religion?
6. In "Seven: A Question of Time," what attitude does DCI Hare have toward Pünd's arrival, and why?
7. When Susan visits Katie in the chapter "Katie," what does she learn has been troubling her sister?
8. What crisis is Nancy Miller facing, and what has she decided to do about it?
9. In "Thirteen: Post-Mortem," what three main reasons does Pünd offer for not believing that Francis killed himself?
10. In "Seventeen: At the Moonflower Hotel," what solution does Pünd offer to the mystery of who killed Francis?
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 symbolic significance of puzzles in Moonflower Murders. Provide textual support for your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the use of "Chekhov's gun" objects in Moonflower Murders. Defend your analysis with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the motif of the abuse of power in Moonflower Murders. Be sure to support your analysis with textual evidence.
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