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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Beth and John discover in Tobin's cellar?
(a) His girlfriend, tied up.
(b) Captain Kidd's treasure.
(c) The aluminum chest with a skeleton inside.
(d) A key to the Gordons' home.

2. How long does it take for Beth and John to get from the vineyard to Tobin's house at Founders Landing?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

3. As Beth and John get closer to Plum Island in Chapter 34, what do they see that alerts them that someone is watching them?
(a) A green light.
(b) A lighthouse worker wearing red.
(c) The periscope of a submarine.
(d) A helicopter surveillance team.

4. What is remarkable about Maragaret Wiley's ancestors?
(a) They were aristocracy.
(b) They came over on the Fortune.
(c) They came over on the Mayflower.
(d) She is a descendant of a local Indian tribe.

5. How did the Murphys know how much the Gordons paid in rent?
(a) They had received their bill by mistake once in the mail.
(b) They were their landlords.
(c) They know the owner of the house.
(d) Tom had told Edgar what they paid.

6. Why did Edgar decide to go talk to the Gordons on the night of their murder?
(a) The Gordons had asked him over earlier.
(b) He wanted to ask a question about their boat.
(c) He wanted to take them some flowers.
(d) He wanted to borrow an extension cord.

7. How long does John estimate it takes Emma to get dressed in Chapter 19?
(a) Twenty minutes.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) An hour.
(d) Four seconds.

8. What lie does John tell Mrs. Wiley about Beth in Chapter 17?
(a) That she has had a nervous breakdown.
(b) That she is related to the Gordons.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That she has been taken off the case.

9. When John returns home in Chapter 28, how many messages does he have?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 0.
(d) 4.

10. How old is Tobin's housekeeper?
(a) 65.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.

11. What is wrong with the Murphy's key to the Gordon house?
(a) It is missing.
(b) It no longer fits the locks, since they were changed.
(c) It has broken in half.
(d) Nothing is wrong with their key.

12. Which two local friends of the Gordons owned .45 guns?
(a) Max and Tobin.
(b) Emma and John.
(c) Max and Emma.
(d) John and Tobin.

13. When Tobin fires his rifle in Chapter 34, what does he hit?
(a) He misses them completely.
(b) Beth's hat.
(c) The windshield of the boat.
(d) John's right arm.

14. Where does John eat lunch in Chapter 27?
(a) On the Gordons' bluff.
(b) With Beth at the police station.
(c) With Emma at her florist shop.
(d) At his house.

15. In Chapter 38, what is John doing for employment?
(a) He is back with NYPD.
(b) He is working as a consultant for Max.
(c) He is unemployed.
(d) He is working as a professor teaching homicide investigation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John escape Stevens in Chapter 37?

2. Why is the winery closing in Chapter 30?

3. When Beth and John finally look behind them in Chapter 33, what do they see?

4. After the storm passes, what do Beth and John do with Tobin's boats?

5. What is the name of Tobin's housekeeper?

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