In order to raise your standing with the Factions you can, once a day, complete a Little Job for a Faction you have a positive standing with.
When you offer to do a Little Job for a Faction they will tell you a Townie that they need you to get information from. If you visit the Townie when not on a case you get the chance to ask them for the information the Faction needs.
Before giving you the information the Townie will ask you 3 questions.Your standing with the faction will raise for each question you get right up to maximum of 4 points if you get all 3 right.
Each question the Townie asks you relates to the works of a well known author.
The questions are all multiple choice.You can be a dedicated Sleuth and head down to your local library with each of the question or use the help in the pages here.
For each question look up the right author from the list on the right hand side of this page.On each page you will find the questions and answers relating to the authors and even a search box to make finding the right question easier (just copy and paste the question you have been asked into this box).