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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 had happened to the sailor when the men broke into his room?

2. Why is Bruff not in favor of the experiment?

3. What was the purpose of Rosanna's letter?

4. Who does Betteredge say the sealed letter is from?

5. Who narrates the eighth narrative?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the opium effect Franklin in this section?

3. What does Mr. Candy say in his letter to Franklin?

4. Why does Sergeant Cuff say he wants to help?

5. What does Rachel say in her letter on June the 17th?

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

7. Why does Jennings think that Franklin doesn't remember taking the diamond?

8. What information does Murthwaite have about the Indians?

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

10. Why does Franklin have to go back to England?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1. Class.

2. Gender.

3. Race.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How does Godfrey steal the diamond? What would he have to have done to have completely gotten away with the theft?

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