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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Parker think there is no evidence to support in Chapter 7?
(a) A vehicle transported the man to the apartment building.
(b) Gladys knew the dead man.
(c) The man was moved into the apartment on a wagon.
(d) The man was in the apartment before being murdered.

2. According to Parker, why is Sugg overlooking the fibers found on the roof?
(a) Sugg can't figure out the source of the fibers.
(b) They don't fit in with his own theory.
(c) They could have blown in the wind from anywhere.
(d) Sugg doesn't know about them.

3. Why does Freke's letter end mid-sentence in Chapter 13?
(a) Freke was interrupted by Sugg.
(b) Freke ran out of room on his paper.
(c) Freke's pen ran out of ink.
(d) Freke was overcome with emotion.

4. Where does Peter instruct Parker to take the note he writes in Chapter 9?
(a) To Sugg.
(b) To Thipps.
(c) To the press.
(d) To Scotland Yard.

5. According to Sugg, how was the body brought into the bathroom?
(a) Through bedroom window from the roof.
(b) Through the window using a pulley.
(c) Through the apartment.
(d) Through the window using a ladder.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Freke describe the way in which he arranged the body in the bathtub?

2. What kind of disorders do many of the people at Freke's office have?

3. What does the Dowager say one cannot expect a person to get over quickly in Chapter 9?

4. Whom had Levy been seen talking to in Battersea Park on the night of his disappearance?

5. According to a mother in Chapter 11, why has Freke been seeing her daughter for free?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the important clues that Peter mentions after looking at Freke's latest book in Chapter 8?

2. Why did Freke put glasses on the body?

3. What does Peter talk to a mother and her little girl about at Freke's office in Chapter 11?

4. Whom does Peter plan to invite to his dinner party at the end of the novel?

5. How does Freke's confession letter end in Chapter 13?

6. What does the Dowager say when Parker arrives at Peter's house in Chapter 9?

7. What does Milligan say when asked whether he knew Mr.Levy in Chapter 7?

8. What do Peter, Parker, the Dowager, and others do at the cemetery in Chapter 12?

9. Why does Peter decide to go to the luncheon in Chapter 7?

10. What instructions does Peter give Parker about a note before leaving with his mother for the country?

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