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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first arrested in connection with the dead man's murder?
(a) Alfred Thipps.
(b) Mrs. Thipps.
(c) Mrs. Levy.
(d) A doctor at the hospital.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Munns?

2. What does Peter note about the architect when he meets him in Chapter 1?

3. With no one offering to help Mrs. Thipps, where does Peter take her?

4. What does Peter realize after meeting Crimplesham?

5. What makes Parker think the killer is cool under pressure?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the inquest, what does Thipps explain he did on the night before the body appeared in his bathroom?

2. How do Peter and Parker conclude that the body in the bathtub is not Reuben Levy?

3. In Chapter 3, what statement given by Thipps to the police was later contradicted by a servant?

4. What does Peter learn from his meeting with the Honorable Freddy Arbuthnot?

5. What does Parker say in Chapter 5 when Peter compares the prints at Levy's house to the ones at Thipps' apartment?

6. Where is Lord Peter Wimsey at the beginning of the novel, and why does he find he needs to return home?

7. Whom does Peter wish to avoid when he first goes to Thipps' apartment?

8. Why does Thomas Crimplesham write to Peter in Chapter 5? What was in the letter?

9. What does Peter do to help Mrs. Thipps' situation in Chapter 3?

10. At the inquest, what does the servant Gladys admit she did on the night before the body appeared in the Thipps' bathroom?

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