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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 does Peter believe the police inspector suspects in the murder?
(a) The architect's mother.
(b) Levy's wife.
(c) Levy's business partner.
(d) The architect's serving girl.

2. What is the occupation of the man Levy's wife's family wanted her to marry?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He is a surgeon.
(c) He is a professor.
(d) He is a politician.

3. What does Peter tell Milligan his mother is planning in Chapter 4?
(a) A surprise party.
(b) A community picnic.
(c) A reunion of her old school chums.
(d) A charity event.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the police inspector emerge from as Peter leaves the architect's residence?

2. What is Crimplesham's first name?

3. What does Peter's manservant ask him to purchase in Chapter 2?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peter's mother tell him on the telephone in Chapter 1?

2. What clues lead Parker and Peter to believe that the dead man in the bathtub had recently lost his employment?

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

4. What does Peter's mother tell Peter about Reuben Levy's wife Christine?

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

6. What happens when Peter voices a wish to be more involved with the investigation of the dead man in the bathtub?

7. Upon arriving home in Chapter 2, what does Peter find Bunter has accomplished, and what does he offer Bunter?

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

9. In Chapter 4, based on the evidence found at Levy's home, what do Peter and Parker deduce happened the night before Levy's disappearance was discovered?

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

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