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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does someone believe is the only vehicle that can rescue Melrose, Vivian, Agatha, and Ruthven when they are stranded at the Jerusalem Inn?
(a) A Hummer.
(b) A tank.
(c) A Land Rover.
(d) A horse and sleigh.

2. Who has invited Frederick to Spinney Abbey?
(a) Melorse.
(b) Charles Seaingham.
(c) Grace Seaingham.
(d) Lady St. Leger.

3. What weapon does Jury decide Beatrice is killed with?
(a) A rope.
(b) A kitchen knife.
(c) Rat poison.
(d) A shotgun.

4. How does Jury get to the mansion after Tom and Melrose sneak out?
(a) By hitchiking.
(b) By skiing with Tom and Melrose.
(c) By snowshoeing with Tom and Melrose.
(d) By car.

5. What does Grace say when questioned about her husband's affair?
(a) That she knew about it.
(b) That she is outrageously angry and could kill someone over it.
(c) That she had some idea but wasn't sure about it.
(d) That she had no idea about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is George?

2. What is Grace wearing when she comes to the murder scene?

3. What does Jury ask Vivian when he is questioning her about Beatrice's murder?

4. What kind of case does Jury question Sir George about?

5. Who promises to come get Melrose, Vivian, Agatha, and Ruthven when they are stranded at the Jerusalem Inn during a storm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the group discuss over its first dinner at Spinney Abbey?

2. What is going on in the Jerusalem Inn when Melrose, Plant, Vivian, Agatha, and Ruthven arrive during the snowstorm?

3. What feature of Beatrice's leaves a particular impression on Melrose when he first meets her?

4. What theory of Beatrice's murder do Jury and Melrose discuss at the Jerusalem Inn when they are there with Tom and Robbie?

5. How does Susan Assington appear to the group when it arrives at Spinney Abbey during the snowstorm?

6. What wry comment does Parmenger make to Jury about how he is dressed the night Beatrice is found?

7. How does Jury come to realize that Melrose and Vivian are in the area when he arrives at the Jerusalem Inn?

8. What is Grace most upset about during her questioning with Jury about Beatrice's murder?

9. What is Grace's physician's theory about what happened with Beatrice?

10. How does Jury respond to being yelled at when he lights the fire in the Margate Hotel?

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