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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 is the name of the police detective who is assigned to Melissa James's murder?

2. Who does Derek say was present when Cecily called her parents before she disappeared?

3. During his conversation with Nancy, what does Pünd reveal that he knows about her?

4. When Melissa had dinner with Aiden and Cecily, what was Cecily upset about?

5. What item does Hare tell Pünd was used to strangle Melissa?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happened to Atticus Pünd during World War II, and why did it cause him to lose faith in religion?

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

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

9. What timeline question is raised by Cox's confession about following Melissa, and what does Pünd eventually find out happened during the missing time?

10. 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?

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 the abuse of power in Moonflower Murders. Be sure to support your analysis with textual evidence.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that identifies and analyzes a metafictional aspect of Moonflower Murders that was not discussed in class. Be sure to provide textual evidence for your claims.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that traces the development of metafictional mysteries and shows how earlier authors have built the foundations upon which Horowitz's work rests. Use evidence from Horowitz's text to support your claims.

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