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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. When did the chemist who developed the photos of Ian's body for Elizabeth have a criminal conviction?

3. Where is Joyce afraid that Bernard's funeral will be?

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

5. What days of the week would Maggie see Mackie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Matthew Mackie tell Chris and Donna?

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

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

6. What does Elizabeth discover when she goes home and thinks something is wrong in Chapter 63?

7. Where does Elizabeth find Bobby Tanner and how?

8. What do Donna and Chris learn about Mackie?

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

10. What scenario does Jason present to the Thursday Murder Club regarding what happened the day of Tony's murder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Having a purpose in life makes life more interesting or worth living. How are various characters looking for purpose in their lives? Why is having a purpose important for them?

Essay Topic 2

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)?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning? Why are idioms specific to England and British English speakers more difficult to understand for American English speakers?

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