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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the phrase “You realized it was a shoo-in when you clocked you were the only candidate they’d bothered to fly out for the interview” (27), the word “clocked” carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Timed.
(b) Worried.
(c) Realized.
(d) Vacated.

2. Which of the following does Liz note in Blair’s bathroom?
(a) Carpeted floor.
(b) Granite floor.
(c) Ceramic tile floor.
(d) Slate tile floor.

3. The comment that the Gnome is “Bent as a seven-bob note” (20) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Analogy.

4. The phrase “the latest scuttlebutt about Dickie’s dastardly deviant’s demise” (47) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Homophony.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Rhyme.

5. Who says the phrase, “You realized it was a shoo-in when you clocked you were the only candidate they’d bothered to fly out for the interview” (27)?
(a) Bibi.
(b) Anwar.
(c) The Gnome.
(d) Liz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Liz note as her own age in the novel?

2. Which of the following is the first to greet Liz as she reaches the scene of Blair’s death?

3. Which of the following is acknowledged as contributing to the novel?

4. Which of the following degrees does Liz note having?

5. On which of the following days does the novel begin?

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