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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was different about one set of fingerprints found at Levy's house?
(a) There was a scar on one thumb.
(b) It had a ring impression.
(c) The prints were much larger than Levy's.
(d) It was missing the pinky finger.

2. What happens when Peter starts to question Crimplesham in Chapter 5?
(a) Crimplesham becomes nervous.
(b) Crimplesham grows angry,
(c) Crimplesham is happy to help.
(d) Crimplesham gets scared.

3. What kind of person does the architect's mother say he has always been?
(a) Dramatic.
(b) Sensitive.
(c) Intimidating.
(d) Imaginative.

4. What is Mr. Parker's profession?
(a) He is a mortician.
(b) He is a private investigator.
(c) He is a professor.
(d) He is a police inspector.

5. What does Julian Freke speculate could have inspired an attack on the man in the bathtub?
(a) The man could be a thief.
(b) The man could have come into some money.
(c) The man could have been in a fight.
(d) The man could be involved in organized crime.

6. What is the name of the architect that the caller tells Peter about in Chapter 1?
(a) Alfred Tubbs.
(b) Alfred Thipps.
(c) Alfred Tinder.
(d) Alfred Thorn.

7. Who tells Sugg to allow Peter access to Thipps' apartment?
(a) A magistrate.
(b) The Chief of Scotland Yard.
(c) Parker.
(d) Mrs. Thipps.

8. Which of the following is NOT evidence Peter, Parker, and Bunter find at Levy's house in Chapter 4?
(a) A tiny puddle of blood.
(b) A hair unlike Levy's own.
(c) An impression on the bed shorter than Levy.
(d) A footprint on the floor.

9. How old is Mr. Crimplesham?
(a) About seventy years old.
(b) About fifty years old.
(c) About sixty years old.
(d) About eighty years old.

10. What had happened to the dead man after he died?
(a) His arm was broken.
(b) He was shaved.
(c) His teeth were cleaned.
(d) His hair was trimmed.

11. Based on evidence, what work did the dead man do?
(a) He was a lawyer.
(b) He was a laborer.
(c) He was a veterinarian.
(d) He was a painter.

12. What does Peter find at Levy's house in Chapter 5?
(a) A glove.
(b) A partially burned property deed.
(c) A diary.
(d) A gun.

13. Why was there an outcry when Levy's wife decided to marry him?
(a) He was poor.
(b) He was an American.
(c) He was an ex-convict.
(d) He was Jewish.

14. Who has locked the bathroom door?
(a) The architect.
(b) Peter.
(c) The police inspector.
(d) The servant girl.

15. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the discovered corpse?
(a) Blonde hair.
(b) Signs of old flea bites.
(c) Calloused hands.
(d) Bad teeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the architect discover a body?

2. In Chapter 2, how has Peter's manservant made out at the auction?

3. Where does Peter go to meet Crimplesham?

4. What does Peter tell Milligan his mother is planning in Chapter 4?

5. What was Levy's wife's first name?

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