2. How does Peter feel about the investigation he is starting in Chapter 2?
(a) Disturbed.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Burdened.
(d) Excited.

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

4. With no one offering to help Mrs. Thipps, where does Peter take her?
(a) To stay with his mother.
(b) To stay at his house.
(c) To stay at a hotel.
(d) To stay at Parkers' house.

5. What was Levy's wife's first name?
(a) Madeline.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Christine.
(d) Eileen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT evidence Peter, Parker, and Bunter find at Levy's house in Chapter 4?

2. What does Peter note about the architect when he meets him in Chapter 1?

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

4. What kind of auction is Peter headed for at the beginning of the story?

5. Why did Parker think the corpse in the architect's home might be Levy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is noted to have happened to the dead man in the bathtub after his death?

2. What clues lead Parker and Peter to believe that the dead man in the bathtub had recently lost his employment?

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

4. What does Parker find written in Levy's diary in Chapter 5, and to whom do he and Peter assume Levy is referring?

5. In Chapter 4, based on the evidence found at Levy's home, what do Peter and Parker deduce happened the night before Levy's disappearance was discovered?

6. Why does Peter suggest that the killer is smart and cool under pressure?

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

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

9. Explain the disappearance case Parker is working on in Chapter 2, and some of the observations he has made.

10. What motive does Peter think Milligan could have for harming Levy?

(see the answer keys)

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