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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. As Peter and Harriet prepare to take coffee in the Senior Common Room, what does Peter ask Harriet to do?
(a) Stay silent and let him do the talking.
(b) Introduce him to the ladies.
(c) Speak the truth and stick to the point.
(d) Bring up the murder.

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

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

4. Who teases Peter about Harriet?
(a) Saint-George.
(b) Miss Martin.
(c) Miss Hillyard.
(d) Padgett.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Harriet tell the dean she feels like before Peter dines with them?

4. What happens to Dr. Threep's shirt-front?

5. Whom does Harriet suspect to be spying on her and Peter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Harriet go to Miss de Vine's room in Chapter 21?

4. Why does Harriet contact Peter in Chapter 13?

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

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

7. What does Pomfret accuse Harriet of when he meets her in Chapter 12?

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

9. What drives Miss Newland to madness?

10. How does Harriet respond to Pomfret's avowal of devotion?

(see the answer keys)

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