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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 does Ibrahim think was Bernard's field of work?

2. Where was Peter based when he loaded drugs into flower lorries?

3. What was John Gray's occupation?

4. In Chapter 75, what time does Chris agree to meet Elizabeth?

5. On what floor is Chris's flat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 89, where is Chris preparing to gof, and how does Donna help him get ready?

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

4. What is the "All's Well" arrangement?

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

6. What do Donna and Chris learn about Mackie?

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

8. What does Joyce reveal to the murder club by reading a letter left by Bernard?

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

10. From whom does Gordon get an offer that he accepts for his farm, and why does it take it?

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

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in The Thursday Murder Club? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

The murder club uses life experience as they look into Ian’s death. What does the investigation reveal about the advantages of life experience as used by the murder club and the procedures used by the police to solve the case?

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