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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mr. Bristow is described in Part 1, Chapter 3 as being distinctly like what in appearance?
(a) A snake.
(b) A duck.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A chicken.

2. What is the code that Derrick Wilson relates to Strike for the door to the apartment building prior to Lula's death?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1599.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1969.

3. Why does the Detective Inspector disregard the witness in the Prologue?
(a) He claims she was on cocaine.
(b) He claims she was stoned on marijuana.
(c) He claims she was drunk.
(d) He claims the has severe schizophrenia.

4. What name does Mr. Strike repeatedly call Robin?
(a) Mary.
(b) Wanda.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sandra.

5. Who was Strike's only client before the arrival of Bristow, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Mr. Landry.
(b) Mr. Alders.
(c) Mrs. Hook.
(d) Mrs. Wardle.

6. Who is the neighbor that overheard a fight between Lula and a man the night she died?
(a) Eric Wardle.
(b) Lucius Accius.
(c) Tansy Bestigui.
(d) Roy Carver.

7. When was Jonny Rokey born?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1929.

8. How tall is Strike?
(a) 5'11".
(b) 6'1".
(c) 6'5".
(d) 6'3".

9. For what band was Jonny Rokey the lead singer?
(a) The Ramones.
(b) The Streudels.
(c) The Deadbeats.
(d) The Brixtons.

10. Who was Derrick Wilson replacing on his shift on the night that Lula Landry died?
(a) Eric Wardle.
(b) Tom Landry.
(c) Roy Carver.
(d) Ian Robson.

11. Where was Charlie Bristow when he died?
(a) France.
(b) Wales.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Scotland.

12. Whose quote from Telephus opens the Prologue?
(a) Walter Graham's.
(b) Henry David Thoreu's.
(c) Aristotle's.
(d) Lucius Accius's.

13. How many "proper" interviews does Robin tell Matthew she has the following week in Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Six.
(b) Thee.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

14. What symbolic object does Strike find comforting as he spends time with Robin because it represents a neat full stop in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Robin's engagement ring.
(b) Robin's black jacket.
(c) Strike's pocketwatch.
(d) Strike's camping cot.

15. How old is Robin Ellacott?
(a) 32.
(b) 29.
(c) 25.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has become lodged in Robin's engagement ring in the end of Part 2, Chapter 3?

2. What is the name of the daughter that Jonny Rokeby had with his first wife?

3. To what is C. B. Strike compared when Robin first sees him in Part 1, Chapter 2?

4. What was Kieran Kolovas-Jones's relationship to Lula Landry?

5. In what subject was Robin majoring in college when her education was discontinued?

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