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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 flat number does Ibrahim live in?

2. How many acres is Coopers Chase?

3. How often does Elizabeth make sure that Penny has a wash and a set?

4. What does Jason Ritchie do?

5. In Chapter 6, how much time does Ian give the residents of Coopers Chase to discuss the new development?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 38, why does Ibrahim drive when they are trying to see how long it might have taken Ian to drive from Coopers Chase to Tony's house?

2. After the drive from Coopers Chase to Tony's house, what is the verdict regarding whether Ian could have killed Tony?

3. What are the oldest and the newest of the graves in the Garden of Eternal Rest?

4. What does Bogdan find when he is digging in Chapter 52, and what does he do?

5. Where does Joyce go on Wednesdays and why?

6. What does PC Donna De Freitas usually talk about during her "Practical Tips for Home Security" and what does she talk about at Coppers Chase and why?

7. What is Coopers Chase and what does it look like?

8. What does HR say when they assign Donna to the Tony Curran case?

9. What arrangements does Elizabeth make with Joyce in Chapter 26?

10. In Chapter 27, what is Donna thinking as she and Chris drive to Ian's place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon his interpretation of life. How does Osman use artistic license to create the realistic background of The Thursday Murder Club?

Essay Topic 2

Comic relief can inject humor into an otherwise serious or tragic scene in a book. How is comic relief used in The Thursday Murder Club? How does it provide relief from tension in serious or stressful scenes in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Elizabeth fears losing her memory. Why does she fear that she will lose her memory? Why is memory “the bogeyman that [stalks] Coppers Chase” ( 86)?

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