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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII and VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the police inspector emerge from as Peter leaves the architect's residence?
(a) A telephone booth.
(b) A neighbor's house.
(c) An ambulance.
(d) A police car.

2. Where does Mr. Reuben Levy reside?
(a) Goodge Street.
(b) Gray's Inn Road.
(c) Park Lane.
(d) Lombard Street.

3. What smell does Parker wake up to in Chapter 5?
(a) Burned porridge.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Freshly baked scones.
(d) Bacon and eggs.

4. What happened at the establishment Mr. Thipps visited the night before the body appeared?
(a) A brawl.
(b) The electricity went out.
(c) It was raided by the police.
(d) There was a fire.

5. What is Mr. Parker's profession?
(a) He is a professor.
(b) He is a private investigator.
(c) He is a police inspector.
(d) He is a mortician.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how has Peter's manservant made out at the auction?

2. How does Peter feel about the investigation he is starting in Chapter 2?

3. What does Peter feel guilty about in Chapter 7?

4. Who purchased the book that Peter reads first in Chapter 8?

5. Why did Parker think the corpse in the architect's home might be Levy?

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