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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 hydroquinone?

2. What is the name of the company Alex Bristow ran?

3. Where does Guy Some say Ciara and Bryony are doing a shoot for him on Wednesday in Part 4, Chapter 1?

4. Where does Guy Some say he thinks Lula's stalker was deported back to in Part 4, Chapter 1?

5. Where does Strike meet Bristow for their lunch appointment in Part 3, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Strike's relationship with his mother like? How did Strike's mother die?

2. Where does Robin find Strike after he leaves the office in Part 4, Chapter 5? How is he described when she finds him?

3. 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?

4. Who has been sending Strike death threats? Why?

5. What items had Guy Some sent to Kentigern Gardens on the day before Lula died?

6. What information does Spanner relate regarding Lula's laptop in Part 4, Chapter 2?

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

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

9. What information does Bryony relate to Strike in Part 4, Chapter 6?

10. Who is Spanner and why does Strike meet with him in Part 3, Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the threatening letters that Strike receives throughout the novel? From whom are the letters sent? How does Strike respond to the letters when they arrive? Why?

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

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?

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