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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. In Chapter 9, what does Peter believe has become of Levy?

2. What is the second book that Peter picks up to read in Chapter 8?

3. What does Peter stay up late doing in Chapter 8?

4. What does Piggot say was indicated by a joke someone told while dissecting a cadaver?

5. What does Peter's mother realize in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Peter do once he believes he has identified the killer in Chapter 8?

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

5. How does Peter suggest Freke committed the murder of Reuben Levy in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

9. What does Milligan say about how things would be different in the United States in Chapter 7?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the motif of disguise in the novel "Whose Body?" What are some examples of disguise in the novel? What are the reasons for these disguises? How do Peter and the other investigators discover the disguises?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Sayers' use of humor in the novel. What kind of humor does she use? What does Sayers' poke fun at? What are some examples of Sayers' use of humor during darker moments? Why might Sayers have decided to use humor at this time?

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