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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 country has Cuff gone to?

2. What does Jennings say he has done with the notes he recorded during Mr. Candy's illness?

3. In which month did Franklin stop smoking?

4. How did the murderers gain access to Godfrey's room?

5. What kind of stone do they place in Rachel's Indian cabinet in for the experiment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rosanna say in her letter to Franklin?

2. How does Jennings come to the conclusion that Franklin took opium?

3. How does Franklin find the nightgown?

4. What do the men find in the sailor's room?

5. What did Gooseberry observe while following the sailor?

6. Why does Franklin think Rachel is upset with him?

7. Why does Jennings want to recreate the event?

8. What do the men think the experiment proves?

9. Describe the discussion between Rachel and Franklin in this section.

10. What does Cuff write in his letter to Franklin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way is memory an important theme in the novel? Why is memory and the recalling of memory such an important part of solving a crime? How do the police in the novel use memory to uncover who stole the Moonstone?

Essay Topic 2

What does the novel say about British society in terms of the following.

1. Class.

2. Gender.

3. Race.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the three Indians.

1. Why is it significant that the three Indians went against their caste?

2. What does it express about the author's opinion that the three Indians got the diamond back?

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