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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Peter and Harriet discuss in the evening after the incident of the science lab?
(a) The weather.
(b) Love.
(c) The mystery.
(d) Honesty.

2. What does Harriet tell the dean she feels like before Peter dines with them?
(a) A lamb being led to slaughter.
(b) The sister of Peter.
(c) The consort of a king.
(d) The mother of Daniel.

3. What does Peter discuss with Miss Hillyard?
(a) His newest book.
(b) Her paper in the Scientific Review.
(c) Her paper in the Historical Review.
(d) Harriet's newest book.

4. What do Harriet and the Dean find in the science lab?
(a) Poison pen letters.
(b) A body.
(c) A figure.
(d) Paint.

5. Who sees a light on in the science lab during the night?
(a) Annie.
(b) Miss Martin.
(c) Harriet.
(d) Padgett.

6. Who attempts to punch Peter while Peter is playing the piano?
(a) The culprit.
(b) Miss Hillyard.
(c) Saint-George.
(d) Pomfret.

7. Whom does Harriet meet as she is entering Shrewsbury on the night of the prank call?
(a) The Warden.
(b) The Dean.
(c) Peter.
(d) The culprit.

8. Who says that she is submitting her resignation and that she is not the cause of the problems at the college?
(a) Miss Barton.
(b) Miss Goodwin.
(c) Miss Hillyard.
(d) Miss de Vine.

9. Who served in the military with Peter?
(a) Pomfret.
(b) Farringdon.
(c) Padgett.
(d) Jukes.

10. What is the second gift that Harriet allows Peter to buy her?
(a) A piano.
(b) A horse.
(c) A `dog.
(d) A chess set.

11. Who returns the slipper to Miss Hillyard?
(a) Harriet.
(b) Miss Martin.
(c) Peter.
(d) Annie.

12. What does Miss Hillyard give Harriet from Peter?
(a) An address.
(b) A new chess set.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A new piano.

13. What does Peter refuse to discuss with the Warden?
(a) Murder.
(b) Science.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) History.

14. As Peter is leaving for York, what does Harriet ask him to deliver to her secretary?
(a) A letter.
(b) A piece of evidence.
(c) Chapters of her manuscript.
(d) A hat.

15. What happens to Dr. Threep's shirt-front?
(a) It disappears.
(b) It gets stained with a tomato.
(c) It pops.
(d) It is found with a poison pen letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is missing the night that Miss Newland disappears?

2. Where do Harriet and Peter meet the afternoon after he comes to Oxford?

3. What does Harriet put on before going to Miss de Vine's room?

4. Who calls Harriet to tell her that he spotted the culprit?

5. Where does Peter eat dinner on Monday evening?

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