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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 is Jonny Rokeby related to Strike?

2. What is the name of the gated community where Lula Landry lived?

3. How did Charlie Bristow die?

4. Where was Lula Landry when she was discovered by a modeling agent?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Freddy Bestigui?

3. What conflicts begin to arise between Robin and Matthew in Part 2, Chapter 3?

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

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

6. What is the timeline surrounding Lula's death from 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.?

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

8. What are Strike's circumstances when he first encounters Robin?

9. What did Derrick Wilson do once he was informed of Lula's fall on the night she died?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is John Bristow? Why does he hire Cormoran Strike? What is John's family like? What is revealed about John Bristow's character throughout the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between Strike and Charlotte in the novel. For how long have Charlotte and Strike been together when their relationship ends? Why does the relationship end? What does Strike later learn about Charlotte?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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