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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the murderer meet the entire town people?
(a) At the local church.
(b) At the bar.
(c) At the channel.
(d) Edge of the cliffs.

2. At the manor, what is Covey and Jonas helping the curate look for?
(a) The painting.
(b) Aesop's Fables.
(c) The letter.
(d) The watch.

3. Who is riding the horse in question - the one that Thompson finds?
(a) Cedric Fortemain.
(b) Appleby.
(c) Demon.
(d) Silas Coombe.

4. Why does this character dress in men's clothes?
(a) To break into the manor looking for the desk.
(b) To break into the manor looking for a letter.
(c) To break into the manor to meet Lucifer.
(d) To break into the manor looking for a hat.

5. How does the murderer die?
(a) He is swept off the edge of a cliff and dies.
(b) He drowns.
(c) He is pushed down from the cliff by the town people.
(d) He is shot at.

6. What is the tactic Lucifer decides to adopt to make Phyllida Tallent tell him the secret?
(a) Tell everybody about Phyllida Tallent's presence at the murder scene.
(b) Confess his love for her in front of everybody.
(c) Kiss her in front of everybody.
(d) Sing to her in front of everbody.

7. What are Robert and Phyllida Tallent discussing about at the dance party?
(a) His registration.
(b) His love letters.
(c) His job.
(d) His desire to marry Mary Anne.

8. Who accompanies Phyllida Tallent to stay with her at the manor?
(a) Miss Sweetie.
(b) Sir Jasper.
(c) Flick.
(d) Mary Anne.

9. What are Lucifer and Phyllida Tallent helping Covey with at the manor?
(a) Take inventory of all the tomes.
(b) To put up all the new locks.
(c) Search for any tracks left by the murderer.
(d) Organize all of Horatio Welham's books.

10. Who is Devil?
(a) Lucifer's cousin.
(b) Lucifer's friend.
(c) Lucifer's father.
(d) Lucifer's uncle.

11. Who throws a ball at Ballyclose Manor?
(a) Phyllida Tallent.
(b) Jocasta Smollet.
(c) Lady Ballyclose.
(d) Lady Fortemain.

12. What aspect of Phyllida Tallent's personality do we see in chapters12-13?
(a) Her sense of caring.
(b) Her sense of duty.
(c) Her strong sense of independence.
(d) Her sense of honesty.

13. At the manor, what does Phyllida Tallent leave behind for Luifer?
(a) A hat.
(b) A ring.
(c) A note.
(d) A letter.

14. Who works for the Fortemain's?
(a) Appleby.
(b) Farthingale.
(c) Silas Coombe.
(d) Jonas.

15. Why is Jocasta Smollet always hateful of Phyllida Tallent?
(a) Because Phyllida Tallent is the magistrate's daughter.
(b) Because she is jealous of Phyllida Tallent having many suitors.
(c) Because she loves Cedric Fortemain and can't have him.
(d) Because she loves Lucifer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Lucifer suspect when he receives a packet from one of the characters?

2. Who comes to visit Lucifer and stay at the manor?

3. In Chapter 11, how does the attacker attack one of the characters?

4. Why does Lucifer write a letter to one of the characters?

5. Where is the old valuable item that the murderer is looking for hidden?

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