Detective story test

In order for a mystery to be considered play-fair you should have a memorable detective that has a characteristic that sets them apart from other characters

• True

• False

The crime in a fair play mystery can be just about anything from a murder to a grand theft to who stole the cookies from the cookie jar

• true

• false

Fictional detectives need a worthy adversary (criminal) in order to be able to show off their intellectual skills and who can engage them in a battle of intellects

• true

• false

The criminal could be any character in the story, main or minor, and can be introduced to the story at any point

• true

• false

All the clues that the detective discovers do not need to be shared wit the reader in order to maintain some mystery and suspense

• true

• false

A red herring in a mystery story is meant to lead the detective and the reader down the wrong path

• true

• false

The solution at the end of the story should be logical and make sense to the reader-all the pieces need to fit together

• true

• false

Mood is the atmosphere or overall feeling that a literary work or passage creates for the characters.

• True

• False

An author's purpose is the reason an author writes, such as to preform, inform and entertain

• True

• False

Edgar Allan Poe is considered an innovator in the science fiction genre

• True

• False