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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III and IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter note about Milligan's head?
(a) It is sweating.
(b) It is bleeding.
(c) It is bruised just like Thipps'.
(d) It is too large for Levy's hat.

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

3. Where does Peter sit while arguing with Sugg?
(a) On a police car.
(b) On a tree stump.
(c) On a stairwell.
(d) In Thipps' rocking chair.

4. What was Levy's wife's first name?
(a) Christine.
(b) Madeline.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Eileen.

5. In Chapter 3, what does Peter say prompted Thipps' arrest?
(a) Thipps' abuse of the police officers.
(b) Thipps' suspicious knowledge about Levy's disappearance.
(c) Thipps' insistance that he was the murderer.
(d) Thipps' refusal to explain the bruise on his face.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Parker's findings, how did the body get into the bathroom?

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

3. Where does the police inspector emerge from as Peter leaves the architect's residence?

4. What is Peter's manservant named?

5. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the discovered corpse?

(see the answer key)

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