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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 time do Bernard and Joyce call one another each day for the "All's Well" arrangement?

2. How many calories does Ron tell Chris are in a Starbucks triple-chocolate muffin?

3. How many residents does Ibrahim say that there were at the scene of Ian's death?

4. Where does Jason remember that Tony shot a drug dealer in the Black Bridge Pub around 2000?

5. In Chapter 86, how far back has Donna been looking at airplane passenger lists to and from Cyprus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Austin think about the bones Bogdan found in the cemetery?

2. Why does Joyce call the police in Chapter 98?

3. What information does Donna have for Chris that allows her to persuade him to take her with him when he goes to speak with Jason Ritchie?

4. in Chapter 91, why does the walk to the Playfair farm take longer than expected?

5. What do Chris and Donna learn when they visit Steve Georgiou?

6. How did Bobby Tanner end up being a florist?

7. How did Joyce meet her husband, and when did she know she had found true love?

8. Why and what does Jason give the members of the murder club in Chapter 102?

9. What information does DI Terry Hallet provide Chris in Chapter 59?

10. What does Elizabeth threaten to do if Chris and Donna arrest them for digging up a body?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ibrahim and Ron talk to Bernard when he is sitting on his usual bench. How do the men use the good cop/bad cop interrogation technique when they talk to Bernard? How effective is the technique in providing them with the information they need?

Essay Topic 2

Both Donna and Penny have dealt with gender discrimination on the job. How have the women experienced gender discrimination? What battles are there still left for women like Donna to win on the police force?

Essay Topic 3

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in the novel? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? Why might research be required to understand allusions?

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