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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 is the name of the daughter that Jonny Rokeby had with his first wife?
2. What is the name of the gated community where Lula Landry lived?
3. 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?
4. Whose quote from Telephus opens the Prologue?
5. On what street is the Phoenix Cafe located?
Short Essay Questions
1. What injury has Strike sustained? How did he get this injury? Is the injury obvious?
2. How does Derrick Wilson describe Lula Landry and his interactions with her in Part 2, Chapter 6?
3. What psychological problems are attributed to Lula Landry? Why are these problems important?
4. Compare and contrast Detective Inspector Roy Carver and Detective Sergeant Eric Wardle. What role does each play in the novel?
5. Who is Charlie Bristow?
6. What agreement do Strike and Robin make regarding her emplyoment in Part 2, Chapter 5? Why?
7. What are Strike's circumstances when he first encounters Robin?
8. Where was Deeby Macc set to stay on the night that Lula Landry died? Why did he stay elsewhere?
9. What information does Robin relate from her research on Marlene Higson in Part 2, Chapter 1?
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 the themes of family, deception, and pop culture in The Cuckoo's Calling. How does the author develop these themes through character in the novel? What symbolism relates to these themes? What statements do you think the author is making through these themes?
Essay Topic 2
Who is Deeby Macc and what was his relationship to Lula Landry prior to her death? Where was Deeby Macc set to stay on the night of Lula's death? Where did he stay instead? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the circumstances surrounding the inciting event in The Cuckoo's Calling. When does the death occur that propels the action of the narrative? Who dies? How does this character die?
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