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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what colors had Lula Landry's flat been recently redecorated, as noted by Strike in Part 4, Chapter 3?
(a) White and gray.
(b) Black and white.
(c) Yellow and blue.
(d) Cream and brown.

2. How many floors above Fred Bestigui's flat is Lula's located?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. What is Spanner doing when Strike enters his office in Part 4, Chapter 2?
(a) Making a phone call.
(b) Going through his files.
(c) Reading the newspaper.
(d) Flirting with Robin.

4. At whose country-house did Lula and Fred Bestigui spend a weekend the week before she died?
(a) Evan Duffield's.
(b) Roy Carver's.
(c) Deeby Macc's.
(d) Dicky Carbury's.

5. Guy Some tells Strike in Part 4, Chapter 1 that he and Lula had a secret contract like Marilyn Monroe and whom?
(a) Eugene O'Neill.
(b) John F. Kennedy, Jr.
(c) Montgomery Clift.
(d) Rober F. Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had it been since Lula had seen Marlene Higson when she died?

2. What is the name of the secretary that works for Guy Some in Part 4, Chapter 1?

3. Where does Rochelle say she lives now in Part 3, Chapter 8?

4. Where does Robin live with Matthew?

5. What does Guy Some say he called John Bristow when he meets with Strike in Part 4, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the most notable clue that Strike picks up on when Wilson reenacts his actions after Lula's fall in Part 4, Chapter 3?

2. Who does Guy Some believe to be Lula's killer? Why?

3. What is noted about the body of the deceased in Lula's autopsy file?

4. What is Evan Duffield's alibi for the night that Lula died?

5. What prompted Lula's comment about her brother, according to Ciara in Part 4, Chapter 7?

6. What information does Strike learn from Lechinska in Part 4, Chapter 3?

7. Who is Marlene Higson, and how is she described when Strike meets her?

8. How does Robin manage to arrange for Strike to locate Rochelle in Part 3, Chapter 8?

9. Who is Tony Landry and how does he come across in Part 3, Chapter 5?

10. Why did Tansy Bestigui lie about where she was when Lula fell?

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