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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. What does Peter apologize for once arriving at the luncheon in Chapter 7?
(a) Being late.
(b) Being underdressed.
(c) Bumping into a waiter.
(d) Forgetting to bring wine.

2. In Chapter 9, what does Peter believe has become of Levy?
(a) He has been kidnapped.
(b) He has died.
(c) He has run away.
(d) He has been arrested overseas.

3. In Chapter 7, what does Peter's mother learn Peter had invited Milligan to do?
(a) Testify at an inquest.
(b) Speak at a charity event.
(c) Participate in a golf tournament.
(d) Invest in the family business.

4. What does Bunter remind Peter of in Chapter 7?
(a) Peter is to have lunch with his mother.
(b) Peter is to have lunch with Crimplesham.
(c) Peter is to have lunch with Lady Swaffham.
(d) Peter is to have lunch with Sugg.

5. Where does Peter NOT suggest the note be distributed?
(a) Police stations.
(b) YMCAs.
(c) Orphanages.
(d) Workhouses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Levy last seen?

2. Who did Bunter spend an evening with in Chapter 9?

3. According to Anderson, how had Levy seemed on the night of his disappearance?

4. What health problem does Peter discuss with Freke?

5. What kind of person does Peter suspect committed the murder in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Freke try to give Peter to help his condition in Chapter 11?

2. What does Piggot recall about the dissection that he worked on the previous Tuesday?

3. What does the Dowager say when Parker arrives at Peter's house in Chapter 9?

4. What are the important clues that Peter mentions after looking at Freke's latest book in Chapter 8?

5. What does Peter find that his mother has realized upon his arrival at the lunch in Chapter 7?

6. What does Parker tell Peter in the telegram he sends in Chapter 9? What delights Peter at the end of the telegram?

7. What do Peter, Parker, the Dowager, and others do at the cemetery in Chapter 12?

8. Why does Peter want Parker to spend the night at his house in Chapter 10? Why does Parker end up doing so?

9. What does Peter talk to a mother and her little girl about at Freke's office in Chapter 11?

10. Who does Sugg suspect of killing the body in the bathtub? What does Parker think of this theory?

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