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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Polmeroy?
(a) Silas Coombe's little brother.
(b) Appleby's little brother.
(c) Farthingale's little brother.
(d) Cedric Fortemain's little brother.

2. Whom does Lucifer write a letter to for information on some of the locals?
(a) To Devil.
(b) To his aunt.
(c) To Demon.
(d) To Flick.

3. What does the attacker do when Phyllida Tallent is at the house?
(a) He runs away without causing any harm.
(b) He damages everything.
(c) He sets it on fire and leaves.
(d) He throws things on Phyllida Tallent and leaves.

4. Who leaves a note for Phyllida Tallent ?
(a) Cedric Fortemain.
(b) Appleby.
(c) Molly.
(d) Covey.

5. How many times do the attacks take place up until chapter 11 in the novel?
(a) Only once.
(b) Two times.
(c) Three times.
(d) Four times.

6. Whom does Lucifer suspect when he receives a packet from one of the characters?
(a) Cedric Fortemain.
(b) Demon.
(c) Appleby.
(d) Farthingale.

7. What does Lucifer realize after seeing what he sees at the burned cottage?
(a) The hat belongs to Cedric Fortemain.
(b) The ring belongs to Appleby.
(c) The markings on the hoof prints are Thompson's work.
(d) The letter belongs to Farthingale.

8. What do Phyllida Tallent and Lucifer learn after they confront the character with the hat?
(a) That he is NOT the legitimate heir of a property.
(b) That he is the legitimate heir of a property.
(c) That none of them are the legitimate heirs of a property.
(d) That he and his brother are the legitimate heirs of a property.

9. What are Robert and Phyllida Tallent discussing about at the dance party?
(a) His desire to marry Mary Anne.
(b) His job.
(c) His registration.
(d) His love letters.

10. Whom do Phyllida Tallent and Lucifer meet on their way back from the north?
(a) A tinker.
(b) A local.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A groomsman.

11. Who comes to visit Lucifer and stay at the manor?
(a) Robert.
(b) Devil.
(c) Mary Anne.
(d) Demon and Flick.

12. What is known of the attacker from chapter 11?
(a) He is very tall and handsome.
(b) He is very fat.
(c) He is a male and wears nice clothes.
(d) He is very short.

13. What can readers say about the attacks from chapter 11?
(a) The attacks are carried out with a gun.
(b) The attacks are not planned with precision.
(c) The attacks take place only in the night.
(d) The attacks are planned very carefully.

14. Whom does Phyllida Tallent talk to when she and Lucifer are out traveling north?
(a) A man at the post office.
(b) A man at the revenue office.
(c) A local on the street.
(d) A local in a wagon.

15. Where does the person who leaves a note for Phyllida Tallent want to meet her?
(a) At a graveyard.
(b) At a local bar.
(c) At an abandoned house.
(d) Behind the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character's innocence is doubted time and again?

2. Who among the following characters is wearing the hat that Phyllida Tallent has seen at the murder spot?

3. Which of the following ladies is seen by Phyllida Tallent, Lucifer and Covey having an affair ?

4. Which character is attacked in chapter 11?

5. Who is the murderer of Horatio Welham?

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