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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it easy for Lucifer to distinguish the murderer from all other suspects?
(a) Because Phyllida Tallent gives him a very special clue.
(b) Because Lucifer is a cavalryman and knows how infantry men operate.
(c) Because the books reveal some information.
(d) Because Lucifer is given some information which only he knows.

2. Where exactly is the place where the character is attacked in Chapter 11?
(a) In the garden at the manor.
(b) Behind the church.
(c) Behind the manor.
(d) At the grange.

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

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

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

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

7. Which of the characters is suspected of murdering Horatio Welham?
(a) Cedric Fortemain.
(b) Appleby.
(c) Silas Coombe.
(d) Farthingale.

8. Why is Phyllida Tallent moved to the manor to stay as Lucifer's guest?
(a) So she can help with the book collection.
(b) So she can be used as a bait to catch the murderer.
(c) So she is safe.
(d) So she can see the murderer.

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

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

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

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

13. Who is the murderer of Horatio Welham?
(a) Appleby.
(b) Demon.
(c) Cedric Fortemain.
(d) Silas Coombe.

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

15. While at the ball at Ballyclose manor, where do Lucifer and Phyllida Tallent go?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The outhouse.
(c) Cedric Fortemain's room.
(d) The garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is badly wounded at the manor when many of the characters go back to the manor to sort things out?

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

3. Whom does Lucifer write a letter to for information on some of the locals?

4. In Chapter 11, how does the attacker attack one of the characters?

5. What does Lucifer find out when he goes to the church?

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