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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Levy said to have oddly left behind at his house in Chapter 2?
(a) His briefcase.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His glasses.
(d) His hat.

2. What does Peter say of the murderer in Chapter 2?
(a) The murderer will be easy to find.
(b) The murderer has an evil soul.
(c) The murderer has a lot of confidence.
(d) The murderer has great imagination.

3. What does Sugg decline to answer questions about in Chapter 6?
(a) The eye glasses.
(b) Who discovered the body.
(c) How the corpse was moved into the bathroom
(d) The fingerprints found at the crime scene.

4. What is the architect which the caller tells Peter about in Chapter 1 working on?
(a) A church roof.
(b) A library restoration.
(c) A riverside museum.
(d) A barn conversion.

5. When the doorbell rings, what sort of person is the only one Peter asks his manservant to let in?
(a) A female person.
(b) A person in uniform.
(c) An abusive person.
(d) An interesting person.

6. Where does Crimplesham say he lost his glasses?
(a) On the train.
(b) At a park.
(c) At a resturant.
(d) In a taxi.

7. Who is the first arrested in connection with the dead man's murder?
(a) Mrs. Thipps.
(b) Mrs. Levy.
(c) Alfred Thipps.
(d) A doctor at the hospital.

8. What does Peter's manservant ask him to purchase in Chapter 2?
(a) A camera lens.
(b) A tea pot.
(c) A new radio.
(d) A new set of tennis equipment.

9. What does Peter say of the killer in Chapter 3?
(a) The killer isn't very fastidious.
(b) The killer thinks of himself as a genius.
(c) The killer underestimates the police.
(d) The killer has a sense of humor.

10. At what time did Thipps initially tell the police he came home?
(a) Nine-thirty.
(b) One o'clock.
(c) Ten-thirty.
(d) Eleven o'clock.

11. What happened at the establishment Mr. Thipps visited the night before the body appeared?
(a) It was raided by the police.
(b) The electricity went out.
(c) There was a fire.
(d) A brawl.

12. According to Parker's findings, how did the body get into the bathroom?
(a) Through the door via the apartment.
(b) Through the window via a tree outside.
(c) Through the window via a balcony.
(d) Through the window via the roof.

13. What is the name of the police inspector?
(a) Molt.
(b) Plodd.
(c) Sugg.
(d) Dirk.

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

15. What does Peter note about Milligan's head?
(a) It is too large for Levy's hat.
(b) It is bleeding.
(c) It is sweating.
(d) It is bruised just like Thipps'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had happened to the dead man after he died?

2. Whom does Freke ask to speak to after the proceedings in Chapter 6?

3. What is the name of Crimplesham's junior partner?

4. What was the only thing worn by the body the architect found?

5. Where does Peter go to meet Crimplesham?

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