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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. How tall is Strike?

2. What name does Mr. Strike repeatedly call Robin?

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

4. How is Robin Ellacott's engagement ring described?

5. What is the code that Derrick Wilson relates to Strike for the door to the apartment building prior to Lula's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What details does Tansy Bestigui relate to Strike regarding her witnessing Lula's fall in Part 2, Chapter 11?

2. Under what circumstances do Robin and Strike meet one another?

3. Who is Mrs. Hook and why does she become upset in Part 2, Chapter 5?

4. What are John Bristow's opinions on Evan Duffield?

5. Why does Strike say it is unlikely that Lula's murder was premeditated in Part 2, Chapter 2?

6. Who is Kieran Kolovas-Jones and how is he described in Part 2, Chapter 7?

7. Compare and contrast Detective Inspector Roy Carver and Detective Sergeant Eric Wardle. What role does each play in the novel?

8. What information does Robin relate from her research on Marlene Higson in Part 2, Chapter 1?

9. Where did Lula Landry go out on the day before she died? Who was she with?

10. How is Deeby Macc characterized in the interview that Robin reads of his in Part 2, Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss examples of irony in The Cuckoo's Calling. How does the author employ irony to develop tension in the narrative? What are examples of situational, verbal, and dramatic irony and what purpose does each example serve to the text?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the information revealed from Lula Landry's laptop computer. From whom does Strike obtain the computer? Who does he have analyze the data from it? How does this information lead Strike to the killer?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Robin Ellacott in The Cuckoo's Calling. How old is Robin? Where is she from? What leads her to move to London? How does she become involved in the case? How does Robin's character evolve in the course of the narrative?

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