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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Peter starts to question Crimplesham in Chapter 5?
(a) Crimplesham gets scared.
(b) Crimplesham is happy to help.
(c) Crimplesham grows angry,
(d) Crimplesham becomes nervous.

2. Who does Arbuthnot want to marry?
(a) Lily.
(b) Susan.
(c) Marian.
(d) Rachel.

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

4. What does Bunter do at Thipps' apartment in Chapter 3?
(a) Tidies up after the policemen.
(b) Makes tea.
(c) Interviews the servants.
(d) Takes photographs.

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

6. How did Mr. Thipps get the bruise on his face?
(a) He was punched.
(b) He was hit by a rock.
(c) He fell.
(d) He walked into a door.

7. Where did Mr. Thipps go with a friend the night before the body appeared in his bathtub?
(a) A birthday party.
(b) A club.
(c) A race track.
(d) An opera.

8. What is Crimplesham's first name?
(a) Lucas.
(b) John.
(c) Frederick.
(d) Thomas.

9. Where does Peter go to meet Crimplesham?
(a) Bath.
(b) Exeter.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Salisbury.

10. How do the investigators know the dead man had lost his employment?
(a) He has bags under his eyes.
(b) His fingernails are long.
(c) His calluses are softening.
(d) He looks underfed.

11. Where is Peter's house located?
(a) Regent Street.
(b) Cavendish Square.
(c) Uxbridge Road.
(d) Piccadilly Square.

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

13. What is the name of the police inspector?
(a) Sugg.
(b) Dirk.
(c) Molt.
(d) Plodd.

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

15. What did Mr. Thipps eat when he returned home on the night before the body appeared?
(a) A sandwich.
(b) A donut.
(c) A croissant.
(d) Cheese and crackers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cripples Mr. Crimplesham?

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

3. How long does Dr. Grimbold believe the murdered man lived after his fatal injury?

4. Where does the architect live?

5. Who is the first arrested in connection with the dead man's murder?

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