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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bunter describe the woman who calls in Chapter 3?
(a) As quite deaf.
(b) As quite rude.
(c) As quite loud.
(d) As quite depressed.

2. What kind of person does the architect's mother say he has always been?
(a) Imaginative.
(b) Dramatic.
(c) Sensitive.
(d) Intimidating.

3. What does Peter say of the murderer in Chapter 2?
(a) The murderer has great imagination.
(b) The murderer will be easy to find.
(c) The murderer has an evil soul.
(d) The murderer has a lot of confidence.

4. What does Sugg decline to answer questions about in Chapter 6?
(a) The fingerprints found at the crime scene.
(b) Who discovered the body.
(c) The eye glasses.
(d) How the corpse was moved into the bathroom

5. With no one offering to help Mrs. Thipps, where does Peter take her?
(a) To stay at his house.
(b) To stay with his mother.
(c) To stay at a hotel.
(d) To stay at Parkers' house.

6. What cripples Mr. Crimplesham?
(a) His back.
(b) His leg.
(c) His arthritis.
(d) His neck.

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

8. What does Bunter organize in the kitchen at Levy's house?
(a) A crime lab.
(b) An evidence display area.
(c) An interviewing station.
(d) A buffet.

9. What does Peter note about the architect when he meets him in Chapter 1?
(a) He is dressed slovenly.
(b) His hair is black as night.
(c) He has a bruise on his face.
(d) He is shorter than the average man.

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

11. What had happened to the dead man after he died?
(a) His arm was broken.
(b) His teeth were cleaned.
(c) He was shaved.
(d) His hair was trimmed.

12. What alibi does the architect have for the man's time of death?
(a) He was at the theatre with friends.
(b) He was being treated at a hospital.
(c) He was out of town.
(d) He was at a dinner party.

13. What was the only thing worn by the body the architect found?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A hat.
(c) A bow tie.
(d) A pair of glasses.

14. Who informed the police that Thipps actually came home just before midnight?
(a) A servant.
(b) Mrs. Thipps.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A doorman.

15. What did Julian Freke certify in the murder investigation?
(a) The medical students all had alibis for the night of the murder.
(b) The man in the bathtub had died of natural causes.
(c) The body in the bathtub had been there for fourteen hours.
(d) There were no bodies missing from the hospital morgue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter find at Levy's house in Chapter 5?

2. What did Levy's maid say was strangely undisturbed in his room?

3. Who does Peter believe the police inspector suspects in the murder?

4. What does Peter realize he has forgotten and must return home for in Chapter 1?

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

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