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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 Freddie Bestigui's production company?

2. How much older than Lula is John Bristow?

3. When was Jonny Rokey born?

4. How old was Charlie Bristow when he died?

5. Who was Lula's friend that she spent much of her last day alive with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What injury has Strike sustained? How did he get this injury? Is the injury obvious?

2. What agreement do Strike and Robin make regarding her emplyoment in Part 2, Chapter 5? Why?

3. What role does race play in The Cuckoo's Calling?

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

5. How is the scene described in the opening of the Prologue? What mood does this scene evoke?

6. Why are John Bristow's responses to Strike regarding Lula's friend from the mental hospital significant in Part 2, Chapter 9?

7. Who is Freddy Bestigui?

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

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

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

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

Who is the sole witness to Lula's fall? Why is this witness discredited by the police? What information does Strike learn from this character? What lies does he reveal she has given? Why did she lie?

Essay Topic 3

Who are Ciara Porter and Bryony Radford? Why does Strike interview both characters? What does he learn in regards to the night that Lula died? What becomes of these characters in the end of the novel?

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