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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 did Miss Clack originally think the meeting with Godfrey was about?

2. What does Godfrey ask Rachel at the beginning of this section?

3. Who dies in this section?

4. Why does Cuff want to search everyone's wardrobes?

5. Who is waiting to talk to Cuff when he arrives back at the house at the end of the section?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Franklin upset Rosanna in this section?

2. What does Bruff discover about Godfrey?

3. Describe the meeting between Bruff and the Indian.

4. Why does the dinner guest think Rachel won't be safe in India with the diamond?

5. What does Julia say in her letter about Rachel?

6. Why does Cuff think it is not the end of the matter?

7. How did the Moonstone get into Rachel's possession?

8. What happens to Godfrey and Luker in this section?

9. Why does Cuff become suspicious of Rosanna?

10. Why does Cuff find it difficult getting information from Betteredge about Rosanna?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 2

How did the diamond get into Herncastle's possession in the first place? Why was he so desperate to give the stone to Rachel?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the three Indians.

1. Why is it significant that the three Indians went against their caste?

2. What does it express about the author's opinion that the three Indians got the diamond back?

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