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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lucifer keep quiet when Phyllida Tallent uses herself as the bait to lure the attacker?
(a) Because he is scared of her.
(b) Because she does not want to be overprotected.
(c) Because he loves her.
(d) Because she asks him not to.

2. What are Lucifer's orders to Hemmings and Dodswell when Lucifer is at the manor?
(a) To keep an eye on anyone leaving or entering the house.
(b) To check the house and lock up for the night.
(c) To keep an eye on the book collection.
(d) To prevent anyone from coming in.

3. Why is Jocasta Smollet always hateful of Phyllida Tallent?
(a) Because she loves Lucifer.
(b) Because she is jealous of Phyllida Tallent having many suitors.
(c) Because she loves Cedric Fortemain and can't have him.
(d) Because Phyllida Tallent is the magistrate's daughter.

4. Who among the following characters is wearing the hat that Phyllida Tallent has seen at the murder spot?
(a) The blacksmith.
(b) The local.
(c) The tinker.
(d) The groomsman.

5. Who is Jem?
(a) A groomsman on the grange.
(b) The blacksmith.
(c) The caretaker of the manor.
(d) The new servant at the manor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Phyllida Tallent confront after getting the hat?

2. Who wants Cedric Fortemain to marry Phyllida Tallent?

3. Why is Phyllida Tallent present at Horatio Welham's manor on the day of the murder?

4. Who throws an impromptu party at the grange?

5. To whom does Mary Anne write the love letters?

(see the answer key)

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