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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. Which word is used to describe Mrs. Boyle?
(a) Provocative
(b) Solemn
(c) Imposing
(d) Silly

2. Mrs. Boyle is annoyed by the house's lack of:
(a) Hot water
(b) Staff
(c) Eligible men
(d) A proper view

3. Mollie asks Mrs. Boyle about her former job as a:
(a) Magistrate
(b) Photographer
(c) Reporter
(d) Architect

4. What was the last name of the foster children?
(a) Ralston
(b) Mitchell
(c) Anderson
(d) Corrigan

5. How old are Giles and Mollie?
(a) Teenagers
(b) Early sixties
(c) In their twenties
(d) Mid-thirties

Short Answer Questions

1. What business are Giles and Mollie trying to establish?

2. What is wrong with the sign for the house?

3. Giles is afraid that they will run out of what item?

4. What is the name of the farm?

5. What is Christopher's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What nursery rhyme does Wren sing? What is Wren's opinion about nursery rhymes?

2. Why is Detective Sergeant Trotter discouraged from going to Monkswell Manor?

3. Mollie and Giles want to surprise each other with gifts for their first anniversary. What are the gifts? What are the couple's reactions?

4. Why do Mollie and Giles make separate trips to London? Why is it important to keep it a secret?

5. What are Wren's thoughts about policemen?

6. What are Mollie's comments regarding the quality of the guests at the manor?

7. What was the reason Mrs. Boyle was murdered? Was the killing justified? What could have been done to stop the crime?

8. Why is Christopher Wren so upset when it is suggested that he might be the oldest Corrigan child? What is Wren's confession to Mollie?

9. How was the third murder prevented? How did Trotter react to his ruined plans?

10. What are the issues the Ralstons are having with the heating system?

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