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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Ladbroke Grove," why does Susan decide against calling Andreas?
(a) She is not sure if he will want to talk with her.
(b) He still has not responded to her email.
(c) She realizes that she has a crush on Craig.
(d) It is a busy time of day at the Polydorus.

2. What claim does Lionel Corby make about the Youth Offender Programme?
(a) It was just a way to make people work long hours for less than minimum wage.
(b) Cecily chose prisoners that she had been corresponding with.
(c) It was a dangerous idea that Pauline Trehorne strongly opposed.
(d) Stefan was actually the only person that Branlow Hall ever employed under the program.

3. What is EACH?
(a) A program to rehabilitate former prisoners.
(b) A shelter for domestic abuse sufferers.
(c) A charity for sick children.
(d) A religious organization.

4. Besides wondering why Khan is practicing in Suffolk, what question does Susan have about his law firm?
(a) Who his partner is.
(b) Why the receptionists quit so frequently.
(c) Whether he is actually licensed to practice law.
(d) Why it always seems so empty.

5. What is the name of the author of the book that ended Susan's publishing career?
(a) Stefan Codrescu.
(b) Alan Conway.
(c) Aiden MacNeil.
(d) Frank Parris.

6. Who is the "Leo" that James Taylor tells Susan about during their dinner at Le Caprice?
(a) A writer that Alan Conway stole material from.
(b) Alan Conway's brother.
(c) A sex worker employed by Frank Parris.
(d) The older man that Taylor is currently involved with.

7. Where does Susan know Richard Locke from?
(a) He is an author whose book about the prison system was published by Susan's company.
(b) He was the solicitor who found the body of one of her authors.
(c) He investigated the murder of one of her authors.
(d) He is married to her sister.

8. On the recording of his interview with Cecily, what compliment does Alan Conway pay her twice?
(a) He compliments her on her speaking voice.
(b) He compliments her management of the hotel.
(c) He compliments her honeymoon tan.
(d) He compliments her on the rose garden.

9. Where is the maintenance room where Stefan's tools were stored?
(a) In room twelve, in the older part of the hotel.
(b) In the back of Branlow Hall next to the rose garden.
(c) In the block of staff housing created from the former stables.
(d) In the granary that has been converted into a spa and pool house.

10. Where are Lars and Inga from?
(a) Norway.
(b) Sweden.
(c) The Netherlands.
(d) Denmark.

11. What does Pauline Trehorne find upsetting about the book set at a hotel similar to her own?
(a) It blames her staff for the murder.
(b) It portrays the hotel owners as criminals.
(c) It depicts the hotel as dirty and cheap.
(d) It is disrespectful to the dead man.

12. What letter does Susan say the Trehorne's hotel is shaped like?
(a) T.
(b) L.
(c) H.
(d) F.

13. What was Andreas' job before he and Susan bought their hotel in Greece?
(a) Bartender.
(b) Writer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Soccer player.

14. What does Susan learn about Melissa from her interview with Lionel Corby?
(a) She volunteered with the Youth Offender Programme.
(b) She was at the staff party on the Friday before the wedding.
(c) She was using her maiden name at Oaklands.
(d) She was romantically involved with Corby.

15. Because the marquee tent was late being delivered, whom does Susan know must have told her a lie?
(a) Martin Williams.
(b) Aiden MacNeil.
(c) Lisa Treherne.
(d) Lionel Corby.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her interview with Conway, what does Cecily say was strange about the way Parris ended his first conversation with her?

2. What does Susan realize about Lisa Treherne when Lisa gets up from the dinner table?

3. What is implied by Susan's question to Lionel Corby about whether all of his clients were men?

4. In "Nightcaps," what does Susan reveal about Conway's fourth book?

5. Where does Derek Endicott live?

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