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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. What allusion made by Hare helps Pünd solve the case?

2. How does Atticus Pünd get Cox to tell him the truth about Melissa's involvement in his film?

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

4. Which person associated with the Parris case does Susan believe the character of Francis Pendleton was based on?

5. What is the name of Melissa's sailboat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What crisis is Nancy Miller facing, and what has she decided to do about it?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How have the Gardners been embezzling from the Moonflower, and who discovers proof of their crime?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about characterization in Moonflower Murders. You may focus on one or more characters, but your claim must be analytical, not merely descriptive. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.

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 makes and defends a claim about the motif of immigration in Moonflower Murders. Defend your analysis with evidence from the text.

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