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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. How much money does Steve give Chris and Donna in a clear plastic wallet?

2. How does Elizabeth tell Mackie that she killed someone?

3. In Chapter 77, how much time does Joyce have on her passport before it expires?

4. In Chapter 70, what time does Elizabeth want Ron, Joyce, and Ibrahim to meet her at the graveyard?

5. Where is Ibrahim's place of peace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Matthew Mackie tell Chris and Donna?

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

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

4. Where does John say that you might be able to get fentanyl?

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

6. What do Donna and Chris learn about Mackie?

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

8. Who does Donna remember Elizabeth taking her to meet in Chapter 86, and how does she feel about the visit?

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

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

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

Joyce is not upset when Ian dies. Why is Joyce not upset when Ian dies? Why does she break the rule of not speaking ill of the dead when she talks about Ian and how he died?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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