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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. Who calls Harriet to tell her that he spotted the culprit?
(a) Saint-George.
(b) Peter.
(c) Padgett.
(d) Pomfret.

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

3. Where does Peter take Harriet after he returns from York?
(a) Dinner.
(b) The Thames.
(c) The English country side.
(d) London.

4. Where does Peter eat dinner on Monday evening?
(a) Harriet's room.
(b) London.
(c) The Senior Common Room.
(d) Saint-George's room.

5. Where do Harriet and Peter meet the afternoon after he comes to Oxford?
(a) The New Library.
(b) London Bridge.
(c) The Magdalen Bridge.
(d) The chapel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is involved in the search party for Miss Newland?

2. Who once told Harriet that not verifying a source can lead to kidnapping?

3. Who helps Harriet get a letter to Peter?

4. What does Peter say is the only gift that Harriet's allowed him to buy for her?

5. Who asks where Annie is on the night of the attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Harriet and Peter spend the afternoon of his first day in Oxford?

2. Why does Peter not tell the Warden the name of his suspect?

3. How does Peter know Padgett?

4. How do Peter and Harriet spend their day together after he returns from York?

5. Why is Harriet suspicious of Miss Hillyard at the end of Chapter 18?

6. What does Peter say about the mystery when Harriet shows him her notes at the river?

7. What do the women discuss with Peter over coffee?

8. Describe Peter and Pomfret's first and second meetings.

9. Why does Miss de Vine have a heart attack?

10. Why does Harriet not return to Shrewsbury as soon as the Warden's maid calls her?

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