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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. On what street did the murder occur?

2. Which word is used to describe Mrs. Boyle?

3. What term is used to describe Christopher?

4. What was the victim's real last name?

5. What is the name of the farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Major Metcalf respond when Mrs. Boyle complains about the accommodations?

2. What is Mrs. Lyon's real name? What was the note found with her body?

3. What are Mollie's comments regarding the quality of the guests at the manor?

4. The snow reminds Miss Casewell of disturbing things. Describe Miss Casewell's thoughts.

5. Christopher Wren tells Mollie that she is not at all what he had pictured. What had Christopher expected of Mollie?

6. How does the repeated questioning of Detective Sergeant Trotter affect Mollie? How does it affect Giles?

7. What nursery rhyme does Wren sing? What is Wren's opinion about nursery rhymes?

8. Why do Mollie and Giles make separate trips to London? Why is it important to keep it a secret?

9. Monkswell Manor is a guest house operated by Giles and Mollie Ralston. Explain the exterior of the building.

10. Miss Caswell makes a joke about the reason the police want to visit the manor. What is it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the names of the rooms at Monkswell Manor? What is the purpose of naming the rooms? What famous buildings have unusual names? Is it a practical or cultural thing to name rooms? What would you name your own room at Monkswell Manor? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

From the beginning of the story, Christopher Wren is viewed as a strange and neurotic man. Explain Wren's appearance and the mannerisms which cause the others to think Wren is unstable. Is Wren unstable? How can one tell? Which is the strangest fact about Wren in your opinion? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

It is easy for Trotter to place doubts in Mollie's head regarding the identity of the killer. Why? What does Trotter say that upsets Mollie? Who does Mollie suspect? Why? Is Trotter's style of interrogation the same for everyone? Do the others react like Mollie? Explain.

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