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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who among the following men is assumed NOT to be a legitimate heir to an inheritance?
(a) Cedric Fortemain.
(b) Polmeroy.
(c) Appleby.
(d) Farthingale.

2. 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 the desk.
(c) To break into the manor looking for a letter.
(d) To break into the manor looking for a hat.

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

4. Why does Lucifer write a letter to one of the characters?
(a) To obtain some information about Horatio Welham before he dies.
(b) To obtain information about some locals.
(c) To obtain some information about the manor.
(d) To obtain some information about a letter.

5. 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 groomsman.
(d) The tinker.

6. At whose place is the dance party arranged?
(a) At Lady Ballyclose's place.
(b) The Smollets.
(c) At the manor.
(d) The Tallents.

7. What aspect of the killer is seen in chapter 17?
(a) He is very clever.
(b) He is very dumb.
(c) He is very fast.
(d) He is very slow.

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

9. Who accompanies Phyllida Tallent to stay with her at the manor?
(a) Sir Jasper.
(b) Mary Anne.
(c) Miss Sweetie.
(d) Flick.

10. What does Silas Coombe come to the manor for?
(a) To see the collection of books.
(b) To borrow a book.
(c) To talk to Lucifer.
(d) To buy some books from the collection.

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

12. Who is riding the horse in question - the one that Thompson finds?
(a) Silas Coombe.
(b) Appleby.
(c) Demon.
(d) Cedric Fortemain.

13. Why is Phyllida Tallent going towards the manor?
(a) To borrow one of Horatio Welham's books.
(b) To search for the traveling desk.
(c) To meet Lucifer.
(d) To meet Covey.

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

15. Which of the following ladies is seen by Phyllida Tallent, Lucifer and Covey having an affair ?
(a) Lady Ballyclose.
(b) Miss Sweetie.
(c) Lady Fortemain.
(d) Jocasta Smollet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do Phyllida Tallent and Lucifer meet on their way back from the north?

2. Which of the following characters dresses in men's clothes?

3. What does the attacker do when Phyllida Tallent is at the house?

4. What are Robert and Phyllida Tallent discussing about at the dance party?

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

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