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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. When Peter returns from York, whom does he tell Harriet he was looking for?
(a) Thomas Penn.
(b) Miss de Vine.
(c) Arthur Robinson.
(d) Saint-George.

2. Who hears a grinding noise in Harriet's room the night of the smashing?
(a) Harriet.
(b) A student.
(c) Miss Hillyard.
(d) Miss Martin.

3. Whom does Harriet suspect to be spying on her and Peter?
(a) Miss Hillyard.
(b) Miss Martin.
(c) Miss Barton.
(d) Miss de Vine.

4. Which student does the Dean encourage to stop studying and take a break?
(a) Miss Casttermole.
(b) Saint-George.
(c) Miss Newland.
(d) Pomfret.

5. Where does Harriet gain consciousness after her attack?
(a) In the Infirmary.
(b) Outside.
(c) In Miss Martin's room.
(d) In her own bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Harriet meet as she is entering Shrewsbury on the night of the prank call?

2. What do Peter and Harriet discuss in the evening after the incident of the science lab?

3. What do Harriet and the Dean find in the science lab?

4. Who first discovers that Miss Newland is missing?

5. Who asks Peter if he is comfortable in his occupation of catching murderers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the result of the search party for Miss Newland?

2. Why does Harriet accuse Miss Hillyard of smashing her chess set?

3. What is Miss Edwards's opinion after Harriet tells her about the prank call?

4. How does Peter suggest that Harriet alter her novel?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Peter tell Harriet that he values about her, and why does this surprise her?

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