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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. Where does Peter instruct Parker to take the note he writes in Chapter 9?
(a) To Scotland Yard.
(b) To Thipps.
(c) To the press.
(d) To Sugg.

2. Where does Bunter's informant say Freke went on the night of Levy's disappearance?
(a) To a club.
(b) To a party.
(c) To the hospital.
(d) To the market.

3. What does Freke have in his hand when Sugg catches him?
(a) A scalpel.
(b) A gun.
(c) A hypodermic needle.
(d) A bottle of pills.

4. What does Peter stop Freke from doing at the last moment in Chapter 11?
(a) Taking his temperature.
(b) Giving him pills.
(c) Giving him an injection.
(d) Listening to his heart beat.

5. What kind of person does Peter suspect committed the murder in Chapter 9?
(a) A pathetic person.
(b) A surprising person.
(c) An important person.
(d) A respectable person.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what does Peter's mother learn Peter had invited Milligan to do?

2. What does Freke tell Peter to do to improve his health in Chapter 11?

3. What health problem does Peter discuss with Freke?

4. In Chapter 9, where does the Dowager say she is going to take her son for a few days?

5. What does Peter apologize for once arriving at the luncheon in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Peter and Parker extract some valuable information from Piggot?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Freke's confession letter end in Chapter 13?

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

8. What instructions does Peter give Parker about a note before leaving with his mother for the country?

9. What does Parker tell Peter about Peruvian oil stock in Chapter 7?

10. What does Milligan say when asked whether he knew Mr.Levy in Chapter 7?

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