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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 Marlene Higson tell Strike is the first name of Lula's father?

2. What company was contracted to handle security in Lula's building at the time of her death?

3. What is hydroquinone?

4. What does Strike wear to meet with Guy Some in Part 4, Chapter 1?

5. Who does Strike say had mentioned that there had been a bit of trouble around the Oates estate in Part 3, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Guy Some doing on the night that Lula was murdered?

2. What was Strike's relationship with his mother like? How did Strike's mother die?

3. Who has been sending Strike death threats? Why?

4. What information does Bryony relate to Strike in Part 4, Chapter 6?

5. How does Robin glean information from the staff at Vashti? What new information does she learn?

6. How does Robin manage to arrange for Strike to locate Rochelle in Part 3, Chapter 8?

7. What does Strike note about the CCTV footage in Part 3, Chapter 2?

8. What clues emerge from Strike's meeting with Rochelle in Part 3, Chapter 8?

9. What is said about the phone calls in the conversation between Strike and Tony Landry in Part 3, Chapter 6?

10. What items had Guy Some sent to Kentigern Gardens on the day before Lula died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the circumstances surrounding the inciting event in The Cuckoo's Calling. When does the death occur that propels the action of the narrative? Who dies? How does this character die?

Essay Topic 2

Provide three examples of foreshadowing from The Cuckoo's Calling and analyze each. What does this clue foretell? What purpose does the foreshadowing serve? How does the author use foreshadowing and/or red herrings to create suspense?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Deeby Macc and what was his relationship to Lula Landry prior to her death? Where was Deeby Macc set to stay on the night of Lula's death? Where did he stay instead? Why?

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