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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Several of Harriet's classmates ask her about which Lord?
(a) Arnold Trent.
(b) Roger Stokes.
(c) Saint-George Wimsey.
(d) Peter Wimsey.

2. What has Peter broken when he takes Harriet to dinner after her return from Oxford?
(a) His motorcar.
(b) His ankle.
(c) Harriet's handbag.
(d) Two ribs.

3. After being acquitted of murder, where had Harriet traveled?
(a) India.
(b) America.
(c) Europe.
(d) Russia.

4. In which language is the note that Harriet found on the hanging figure?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Arabic.
(c) English.
(d) Latin.

5. At the end of the Gaudy, what does Harriet find with the cigarette case in her gown?
(a) A note calling her a murderess.
(b) A picture of the gallows.
(c) A note telling her to leave Shrewsbury College.
(d) A match.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Harriet notices the light on in the New Library, whose room does she find empty?

2. Who walks with Harriet back to her room after having coffee?

3. Which old classmate of Harriet's is an archaeologist?

4. Who writes to Harriet, asking her to attend the opening of the new library at Shrewsbury College?

5. In Chapter 1, which old friend of Harriet's is ill and urges her to attend a school event?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Harriet find it difficult to write to Peter after visiting Saint-George in the hospital?

2. What does Harriet find amusing about the invitation to Farringdon's party?

3. How have Harriet's classmates changed from when they graduated to when she saw them again at the unveiling of the clock?

4. Harriet drives to Oxford to attend the opening of the new library and to investigate which incidents?

5. Why does Miss Martin, Dean at Shrewsbury College, write a letter to Harriet in Chapter 4?

6. Why does Harriet tell Saint-George about the poltergeist in Chapter 10?

7. How does Harriet find the disaster in the New Library the night before its opening?

8. In Chapter 5, what do the Dean and Harriet conclude from the absence of spelling mistakes in the poison pen letters?

9. Why does the hanging figure incident clear Miss Cattermole's name?

10. What does Harriet learn from Arbuthnot about Peter?

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