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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX and X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mr. Thipps get the bruise on his face?
(a) He walked into a door.
(b) He fell.
(c) He was hit by a rock.
(d) He was punched.

2. How do the investigators know the dead man had lost his employment?
(a) His fingernails are long.
(b) His calluses are softening.
(c) He has bags under his eyes.
(d) He looks underfed.

3. According to Freddy, "Yankee blighter" John P. Milligan is representing_____________.
(a) The power company.
(b) The farmers.
(c) The railway.
(d) The shipyards.

4. What is the servant Gladys' surname?
(a) Hepburn.
(b) Herrington.
(c) Hamilton.
(d) Horrocks.

5. What did Julian Freke certify in the murder investigation?
(a) The man in the bathtub had died of natural causes.
(b) The medical students all had alibis for the night of the murder.
(c) There were no bodies missing from the hospital morgue.
(d) The body in the bathtub had been there for fourteen hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Crimplesham say he lost his glasses?

2. At what time did Thipps initially tell the police he came home?

3. Where does Peter go to meet Crimplesham?

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

5. What cripples Mr. Crimplesham?

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