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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what point does Miss Newland jump out of the canoe?
(a) When she is approaching the waterfall.
(b) Before the search party finds her.
(c) She does not jump out of the canoe.
(d) When she sees the search party coming.

2. Whom does Harriet meet as she is entering Shrewsbury on the night of the prank call?
(a) Peter.
(b) The Dean.
(c) The culprit.
(d) The Warden.

3. What do Harriet and Miss Martin attend the morning after a big storm?
(a) The University Sermon.
(b) A picnic.
(c) The Magdalen Mayday.
(d) The New Library opening ceremony.

4. Whom does the Dean call an incredibly beautiful young man?
(a) Pomfret.
(b) Saint-George.
(c) Farringdon.
(d) Peter.

5. What does Miss Hillyard give Harriet from Peter?
(a) A new piano.
(b) An address.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A new chess set.

6. Which of Harriet's acquaintances sees her and Peter on the river?
(a) Miss Martin.
(b) Pomfret.
(c) Miss Schuster-Slatt.
(d) Miss Cattermole.

7. Who comes upon Pomfret confessing his love to Harriet?
(a) The Proctor.
(b) Padgett.
(c) The Dean.
(d) Peter.

8. Who once told Harriet that not verifying a source can lead to kidnapping?
(a) The police.
(b) Peter.
(c) Harriet's uncle.
(d) Miss Martin.

9. What do Harriet and the Dean find in the science lab?
(a) Paint.
(b) A figure.
(c) A body.
(d) Poison pen letters.

10. Which character of her latest novel does Peter suggest Harriet alter?
(a) Wilfrid.
(b) Henry.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Cassandra.

11. How long does Peter sleep while Harriet watches boats on the river?
(a) Four hours.
(b) One hour.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Twenty minutes.

12. Whom does Peter ask to try to identify the culprit?
(a) Saint-George.
(b) Jukes.
(c) Annie.
(d) Padgett.

13. Who asks Mrs. Goodwin not to go?
(a) Peter.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Miss Martin.
(d) Miss Hillyard.

14. What does Peter thank Harriet for?
(a) Being kind to Saint-George.
(b) Solving the case.
(c) Meeting him in London.
(d) Accepting his proposal.

15. What does Harriet find smashed in her room?
(a) Miss Lydgate's manuscript.
(b) Her piano.
(c) Her chess set.
(d) Her lamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the culprit supposed to have exited the science lab?

2. Who calls Harriet to tell her that he spotted the culprit?

3. What has Miss Newland been receiving previous to her attempted suicide?

4. Who tells the Dean about the figure in the science lab?

5. Whom is Arthur Robinson connected to?

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