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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Peter's April 1st proposal come to Harriet?
(a) In person.
(b) By telegram.
(c) By letter.
(d) By phone.

2. Whom was Shrewsbury College named after?
(a) Mary, Countess of Shrewsbury, who was considered greater than her husband.
(b) Lord Shrewsbury, who first allowed women to attend Oxford.
(c) Mary, Countess of Shrewsbury, who was meek and mild mannered.
(d) Lord Shrewsbury, who founded the college.

3. Who writes to Harriet, asking her to attend the opening of the new library at Shrewsbury College?
(a) The Dean.
(b) Mary Stokes.
(c) The Warden.
(d) Phoebe Tucker.

4. Which maid at Shrewsbury College is a widow with two children?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jill.
(c) Annie.
(d) Linda.

5. Whom does Miss Hillyard accuse of the acts of vandalism?
(a) A student.
(b) A man.
(c) A faculty member.
(d) A scout.

6. How were the notes written?
(a) From newspaper clippings.
(b) By typewriter.
(c) By hand.
(d) From book clippings.

7. Where does Harriet send Pomfret the morning after she meets him?
(a) To his dormitory.
(b) To the chemist's.
(c) To the police.
(d) To the Dean's office.

8. Several of Harriet's classmates ask her about which Lord?
(a) Peter Wimsey.
(b) Roger Stokes.
(c) Saint-George Wimsey.
(d) Arnold Trent.

9. Whom does Harriet find lying on the ground drunk in the middle of the night?
(a) Miss de Vine.
(b) Pomfret.
(c) Miss Cattermole.
(d) Miss Flaxman.

10. Who bumps into Harriet and spills her meringues?
(a) Saint-George.
(b) Peter.
(c) Jukes.
(d) Mr. Pomfret.

11. On the way back to her room after having coffee, what does Harriet find?
(a) A gun.
(b) A piece of paper with a drawing of a woman.
(c) A piece of paper with her name on it.
(d) A corpse.

12. Who asks if there is to be an opening ceremony for the lavatories?
(a) The chancellor.
(b) Harriet.
(c) The porter Padgett.
(d) The Dean Miss Martin.

13. Which old classmate of Harriet's is an archaeologist?
(a) Mary Stokes.
(b) Dorothy Collins.
(c) Phoebe Tucker.
(d) Vera Mollison.

14. Who tells Harriet about being accosted by a person who might be the poltergeist?
(a) Miss Cattermole.
(b) Pomfret.
(c) Saint-George.
(d) Padgett.

15. What had Saint-George asked of Peter?
(a) A vacation.
(b) A visit.
(c) A new car.
(d) A loan.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the New Library ceremony, the maid Annie tells Harriet that the vandalism began after who arrived?

2. Who telephones to get new fuses?

3. Why does Mrs. Goodwin not return at the beginning of the summer term?

4. During her time at Oxford, Harriet discovers that people are more interested in whom, rather than herself?

5. What has Peter broken when he takes Harriet to dinner after her return from Oxford?

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