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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mr. Thipps go with a friend the night before the body appeared in his bathtub?
(a) A birthday party.
(b) A race track.
(c) An opera.
(d) A club.

2. 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 been in a fight.
(c) The man could be involved in organized crime.
(d) The man could have come into some money.

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

4. How does Julian Freke believe the murdered man was killed?
(a) By a heavy blow to the neck.
(b) By strangulation.
(c) By choking.
(d) By a stab wound.

5. What is Peter's manservant named?
(a) Brown.
(b) Bullmer.
(c) Bolton.
(d) Bunter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter say of the murderer in Chapter 2?

2. What is the name of the police inspector?

3. What did Julian Freke certify in the murder investigation?

4. What does Crimplesham say to his junior partner after Peter leaves in Chapter 5?

5. Who is on the telephone for Lord Wimsey when he returns home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Doctors Freke and Grimbold disagree about at the inquest in Chapter 6?

2. How does Thipps explain the bruise on his face in Chapter 1?

3. At the inquest, what does Thipps explain he did on the night before the body appeared in his bathroom?

4. What does Peter's mother tell him on the telephone in Chapter 1?

5. What does Bunter reveal in his photos in Chapter 4?

6. What does Peter's mother tell Peter about Reuben Levy's wife Christine?

7. Upon arriving home in Chapter 2, what does Peter find Bunter has accomplished, and what does he offer Bunter?

8. Why does Thomas Crimplesham write to Peter in Chapter 5? What was in the letter?

9. What does Peter tell Bunter before he leaves to investigate at Thipps' apartment?

10. Where is Lord Peter Wimsey at the beginning of the novel, and why does he find he needs to return home?

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