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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 does Mary say is strange about the request for horse braces?

2. What does Qwilleran find in Ben's apartment during a visit?

3. What was the original purpose of the space Qwilleran and Mary discover?

4. What interrupts the meeting?

5. How is the weather during the Junktown Block Party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Qwilleran learn from reading the manuscript that explains the calls for horse braces?

2. How does Braun draw out the suspense with Qwilleran's reading of Andy's manuscript?

3. What does Yum Yum show Qwilleran and where was it?

4. What information does Mrs. McGuffey give Qwilleran about the Cobb house?

5. Why does Mary seem much happier when Qwilleran sees her after C. C.'s murder?

6. What does Riker tell Qwilleran about his writing when Qwilleran drops in at the Fluxion office?

7. Why do Qwilleran and Mary move the bookshelf in his apartment?

8. What arrangement does Qwilleran make with Mary?

9. What is the evidence Qwilleran discovers outside the Ellsworth House?

10. What information does Mrs. McGuffey give Qwilleran that might possibly prove to be a motive for Andy's murder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In two or more type written double spaced pages, write an essay on "Why I Would (or Would Not) Recommend this Novel to Others". This paper should be written as a review of the book concluding with your recommendation to other readers.

Essay Topic 2

In two or more type written double spaced pages, write an essay on "How I Would Write a Murder Mystery". This is strictly an opinion piece in which you define how you would set up the murder, complicate the plot, and resolve the situation.

Essay Topic 3

In two or more type written double spaced pages, write an essay on "Lilian Jackson Braun as a Mystery Writer". Select three or more elements of style (e.g., vocabulary, literary tools such as similes and metaphors, and/or building suspense at the end of a chapter to keep the pages turning. Discuss your selections in detail, and give your opinion as to Braun's effectiveness with these elements.

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