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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. Who breaks into the garden shed at Coopers Chase?

2. What days of the week would Maggie see Mackie?

3. How does Joyce say that she met Gerry?

4. In Chapter 91, what time do two police cars and a forensic unit place a police cordon around the Garden of Eternal Rest?

5. In Chapter 75, what time does Chris agree to meet Elizabeth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Matthew Mackie tell Chris and Donna?

2. What does Elizabeth threaten to do if Chris and Donna arrest them for digging up a body?

3. Why and what does Jason give the members of the murder club in Chapter 102?

4. Where does John say that you might be able to get fentanyl?

5. How does Elizabeth get photos of Ian Ventham's corpse?

6. How did Joyce meet her husband, and when did she know she had found true love?

7. What does Austin think about the bones Bogdan found in the cemetery?

8. Why does Joyce call the police in Chapter 98?

9. Where does Elizabeth find Bobby Tanner and how?

10. What does Elizabeth discover when she goes home and thinks something is wrong in Chapter 63?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Suspense is a device authors use to create excitement, anxiety, or uncertainly about what will happen in a story. What would be some suspenseful scenes in the novel? How does Osman create suspense in those sections of The Thursday Murder Club?

Essay Topic 2

Elizabeth and Penny have been friends a long time. How does Elizabeth remain Penny’s friend even after Penny can no longer communicate? What does Elizabeth’s devotion reveal about true friendship?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in The Thursday Murder Club? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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