View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX and X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Peter and Parker consider the murderer may have used to lower the bathtub victim from the roof into the bathroom?
(a) A pair of trousers.
(b) A saddle.
(c) A surgical bandage.
(d) A blanket.

2. At what time did Thipps initially tell the police he came home?
(a) Nine-thirty.
(b) Ten-thirty.
(c) One o'clock.
(d) Eleven o'clock.

3. What does Julian Freke speculate could have inspired an attack on the man in the bathtub?
(a) The man could have been in a fight.
(b) The man could be a thief.
(c) The man could have come into some money.
(d) The man could be involved in organized crime.

4. When the doorbell rings, what sort of person is the only one Peter asks his manservant to let in?
(a) An abusive person.
(b) A person in uniform.
(c) A female person.
(d) An interesting person.

5. What does Peter fear will happen if Parker leaves the house in Chapter 10?
(a) Parker will be attacked.
(b) Parker will be reprimanded by Sugg.
(c) Parker will destroy the evidence against the murderer.
(d) Parker will catch a cold in the rain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What alibi does the architect have for the man's time of death?

3. What is the name of Crimplesham's junior partner?

4. How do the investigators know the dead man had lost his employment?

5. What is Mr. Parker's profession?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 285 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample