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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is present in the manor when one of the characters visits it in Chapter 12?
(a) Hemmings.
(b) Silas Coombe.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Covey.

2. Where is Phyllida Tallent when she is attacked at the ball?
(a) In the garden.
(b) In the bookshelf.
(c) In the closet.
(d) In the kitchen.

3. Who is taken hostage and held at knife-point at the manor?
(a) Phyllida Tallent.
(b) Mr. Filing.
(c) Hemmings.
(d) Miss Sweetie.

4. Which character's innocence is doubted time and again?
(a) Silas Coombe's.
(b) Lady Ballyclose's.
(c) Cedric Fortemain's.
(d) Appleby's.

5. What is learned about Appleby in chapter19?
(a) He shoots one of his close friends when at his friend's home.
(b) He murders his cousin.
(c) He murders his best friend in the army.
(d) He murders several men in the army.

6. Who throws a ball at Ballyclose Manor?
(a) Lady Ballyclose.
(b) Jocasta Smollet.
(c) Lady Fortemain.
(d) Phyllida Tallent.

7. Why is taking inventory of the books at the manor becoming very difficult for the characters present there?
(a) Because of Horatio Welham's use of fake covers.
(b) Because Horatio Welham has too many books.
(c) Because the books are not in a chronological order.
(d) Because the characters cannot read the titles of the books.

8. What happens to Phyllida Tallent and Lucifer at the end of the novel?
(a) Phyllida Tallent does not want to marry Lucifer.
(b) They finally marry each other.
(c) Lucifer says goodbye to her and leaves.
(d) They kiss each other.

9. Where is the hat found by one of the characters?
(a) Inside the kitchen at Ballyclose Manor.
(b) In one of the rooms at Ballyclose Manor.
(c) Outside Ballyclose Manor.
(d) Outside in the garden at Ballyclose Manor.

10. What becomes of the relationship between Phyllida Tallent and Lucifer when Lucifer tells her that she will definitely marry him one day?
(a) Their relationship becomes stronger.
(b) Their relationship starts to break.
(c) Their relationship becomes even weaker.
(d) Their relationship changes into a marriage.

11. What does Lucifer find out when he goes to the church?
(a) Phyllida Tallent is rushing out of the church.
(b) Phyllida Tallent is talking to the curate.
(c) Phyllida Tallent is not present.
(d) Phyllida Tallent is talking to a local.

12. What happens between Lucifer and Phyllida Tallent in Chapter 12?
(a) They become intimate.
(b) They go for a picnic into the woods.
(c) They fall into a pit.
(d) They marry each other.

13. Why does the murderer kill his friend in the army?
(a) To obtain an old valuable painting.
(b) To obtain an old valuable piece of furniture.
(c) To obtain an old valuable book.
(d) To obtain an old valuable stamp.

14. Why does this character dress in men's clothes?
(a) To break into the manor to meet Lucifer.
(b) To break into the manor looking for a letter.
(c) To break into the manor looking for the desk.
(d) To break into the manor looking for a hat.

15. While at the ball at Ballyclose manor, what are Lucifer and Phyllida Tallent searching for?
(a) The letter.
(b) The ring.
(c) The hat.
(d) The watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Phyllida Tallent talk to when she and Lucifer are out traveling north?

2. What explanation does Lucifer give to Phyllida Tallent about him seducing her?

3. Why does Lucifer keep quiet when Phyllida Tallent uses herself as the bait to lure the attacker?

4. Whom does Phyllida Tallent leave the ballroom with when at Ballyclose manor?

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

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