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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Crimplesham send a letter to Peter?
2. Why does Milligan agree to see Peter?
3. According to Parker's findings, how did the body get into the bathroom?
4. How long does Dr. Grimbold believe the murdered man lived after his fatal injury?
5. What does Peter's manservant ask him to purchase in Chapter 2?
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. What is characteristic of a set of fingerprints found in Levy's house in Chapter 5?
4. What do the Doctors Freke and Grimbold disagree about at the inquest in Chapter 6?
5. What does Peter's mother tell Peter about Reuben Levy's wife Christine?
6. Why does Thomas Crimplesham write to Peter in Chapter 5? What was in the letter?
7. Why did Parker take an interest when he heard a nude corpse has turned up in the Thipps' bathtub?
8. In Chapter 3, what statement given by Thipps to the police was later contradicted by a servant?
9. Explain the disappearance case Parker is working on in Chapter 2, and some of the observations he has made.
10. What does Peter's mother tell him on the telephone in Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyst Sayers' use of suspense in the novel. When does she create a suspenseful mood? Why does she do this? How does she do this?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the motif of jealousy in the novel "Whose Body?" Who is jealous of whom? Why are these characters jealous? How do they act on their jealousy?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the motif of mystery in the novel "Whose Body?" What are some examples of mystery in the novel? What examples does Peter solve as the novel progresses? Does he share his discoveries with the reader? Why or why not?
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