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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter's manservant ask him to purchase in Chapter 2?
(a) A camera lens.
(b) A tea pot.
(c) A new set of tennis equipment.
(d) A new radio.

2. What is Mr. Levy said to be fastidious about?
(a) Reading the whole newspaper.
(b) Folding his worn clothes.
(c) Locking windows and doors.
(d) Lining up his shoes.

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

4. How does Peter feel about the investigation he is starting in Chapter 2?
(a) Excited.
(b) Burdened.
(c) Disturbed.
(d) Nervous.

5. Who is Mrs. Munns?
(a) Parker's housekeeper.
(b) Peter's neighbor.
(c) The Dowager's friend.
(d) Bunter's trainee.

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

7. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the discovered corpse?
(a) Calloused hands.
(b) Signs of old flea bites.
(c) Bad teeth.
(d) Blonde hair.

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

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

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

11. How long does Dr. Grimbold believe the murdered man lived after his fatal injury?
(a) Several minutes.
(b) He would have died instantly.
(c) Several days.
(d) A few hours.

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

13. What is Mr. Levy said to have oddly left behind at his house in Chapter 2?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His hat.
(c) His glasses.
(d) His briefcase.

14. How old is Mr. Crimplesham?
(a) About fifty years old.
(b) About sixty years old.
(c) About eighty years old.
(d) About seventy years old.

15. Based on evidence, what work did the dead man do?
(a) He was a veterinarian.
(b) He was a laborer.
(c) He was a painter.
(d) He was a lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Peter go to meet the Honorable Freddy Arbuthnot?

2. What does Peter note about Milligan's head?

3. What does Peter say of the murderer in Chapter 2?

4. What does Sugg decline to answer questions about in Chapter 6?

5. Where does Crimplesham say he lost his glasses?

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