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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. To whom had Lula claimed she would leave everything upon her death, according to Ciara Porter's statement in the police files in Part 3, Chapter 1?

2. How many floors above Fred Bestigui's flat is Lula's located?

3. What is the name of the secretary that works for Guy Some 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. Who does Strike claim the death threats he receives on pink paper are from in Part 3, Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Evan Duffield's alibi for the night that Lula died?

2. How does Robin glean information from the staff at Vashti? What new information does she learn?

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

4. What clues emerge from Strike's meeting with Rochelle in Part 3, Chapter 8?

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

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

7. Why did Tansy Bestigui lie about where she was when Lula fell?

8. How does Robin manage to arrange for Strike to locate Rochelle in Part 3, Chapter 8?

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

10. What was Guy Some doing on the night that Lula was murdered?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Outline and analyze the plot structure of The Cuckoo's Calling. Where does exposition transition into rising action? Where does the climax of the narrative occur? What tone and mood are evoked in the falling action and denouement of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Who was Charlie Bristow? What was his relationship to Cormoran Strike? How did Charlie die? What were the impacts of Charlie's death upon his family?

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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