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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Mrs. Hook believe her husband is having an affair?
(a) A schoolteacher.
(b) An accountaint.
(c) S secretary.
(d) A nude dancer.

2. What color is Robin's hair described as in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Strawberry blonde.
(b) Jet black.
(c) Deep auburn.
(d) Salt and pepper.

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

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

5. What is John Bristow's profession?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He is a professor.
(c) He is a graphic designer.
(d) He is a banker.

6. Under a statue of whom did Robin Ellacott's boyfriend propose?
(a) Loki.
(b) Venus.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Eros.

7. What is the name of the woman that Mrs. Hook believed her husband was having an affair with?
(a) Mary.
(b) Carla.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) Valerie.

8. What has become lodged in Robin's engagement ring in the end of Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) A piece of gravel.
(b) A piece of cracker.
(c) A frozen pea.
(d) A grain of sand.

9. At what time does Derrick Wilson say Lula Landry returned to her flat on the night she died in Part 2, Chapter 6?
(a) 1:30 a.m.
(b) 2:15 a.m.
(c) 12:30 a.m.
(d) 1:45 a.m.

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

11. What word from Part 1, Chapter 3 means traveling from place to place?
(a) Cinematic.
(b) Peripatetic.
(c) Lunatic.
(d) Enigmatic.

12. What drug was Lula taking when she died?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Prozac.
(c) Lithium.
(d) Cocaine.

13. At what nightclub did Lula spend time until after midnight on the night she died?
(a) Fire.
(b) Laguna.
(c) Uzi.
(d) Vashti.

14. Who was Jonny Rokeby's second wife?
(a) Leda Strike.
(b) Carla Astolfi.
(c) Ciara Porter.
(d) Shirley Mullens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the Bristows who adopted Charlie, John, and Lula?

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

3. What does Derrick Wilson note about the elevator after he inspected Lula's flat following her fall in Part 2, Chapter 6?

4. 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?

5. In what month did Lula Landry die?

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