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The Nine Tailors: Changes Rung on an Old Theme in Two Short Touches and Two Full Peals Quiz

Dorothy L. Sayers
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The Nine Tailors: Changes Rung on an Old Theme in Two Short Touches and Two Full Peals Quiz

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1)

How does Mrs. Gates say the Thorpe family has always treated her? (from Lord Peter Dodges with Mr. Blundell and Passes Him)

Like a member of the family.
Cruelly and unfairly.
They've been critical and condescending to her.
They've been cheap and haven't paid her well.
2)

What is the first thing Reverend Venables does once Lord Peter tells him the sluice gates are collapsing? (from The Waters are Called Home)

He solicits volunteers to help strengthen the gates.
He rings an alarm on the church bells.
He stores food and blankets in the church.
He organizes beds in the church for the parishioners.
3)

In what room at the Rectory does Lord Peter study the French underclothing found on the dead stranger? (from Tailor Paul is Called Before with a Single)

The schoolroom.
The library.
The parlor.
The kitchen.
4)

What is Mr. Ashton's profession? (from Lord Peter Dodges with Mr. Blundell and Passes Him)

He's a farmer.
He's a soldier.
He's a musician.
He's an artist.
5)

What does the letter to the mysterious dead man concern? (from Tailor Paul is Called Before with a Single)

It's a letter from a French peasant woman to her husband.
It's a love letter for Hilary Thorpe.
It's a letter about the stolen Wilbraham emeralds.
It's a letter about Jeff Deacon's prison escape.
6)

Why does Superintendent Blundell suspect James Thoday might know something about the murder of the man found in Lady Thorpe's grave? (from Plain Hunting)

James hellps bury people in the parish.
James is late returning to his ship after shore leave.
James is familiar with the church graveyard.
James has killed someone before.
7)

Who asks Lord Peter to warn Fenchurch St. Paul that the sluice gates are giving way? (from The Waters are Called Home)

Reverend Venables.
James Thoday.
Hezekiah Lavender.
Will Thoday.
8)

What is the only area of Fenchurch St. Paul not covered in water? (from The Bells are Rung Down)

Lord Peter's home.
The church and rectory.
The Red House.
The market square.
9)

Why does M. Rozier want Lord Peter to dine with him at his home? (from Monsieur Rozier Hunts the Treble down)

So Lord Peter can sample authentic French cooking.
So he and Lord Peter can further discuss Jean Legros.
So he can interrogate Lord Peter in a relaxed atmosphere.
So his wife can meet Lord Peter.
10)

Why does Mrs. Venables think the dead man is married? (from Tailor Paul is Called Before with a Single)

He has a wedding ring in his pocket.
His ring finger has a white band of skin where a ring was.
He is middle-aged and most men his age are married.
His clothes are neatly mended.
11)

The ringers of which church bell tend to live to ripe old age? (from The Quick Work)

Gaude.
Batty Thomas.
Dimity.
Tailor Paul.
12)

To whom does Hilary Thorpe send the French paper she finds in the church belfry? (from Plain Hunting)

Emily, the Rectory maid.
Mrs. Venables.
Lord Peter.
Reverend Venables.
13)

About what does the sluice-keeper complain when Lord Peter and Bunter drive past the sluice gates? (from Tailor Paul is Called Before with a Single)

His poverty.
The state of his gates.
His rheumatism.
The weather.
14)

Who confesses to mutilating Jeff Deacon's body and burying it? (from The Slow Work)

James Thoday.
Mary Thoday.
Nobby Cranton.
Will Thoday.
15)

Who do the Ashtons drive home in a snowstorm after finding him in his car on the side of the road, too ill with influenza to drive further? (from Lord Peter Dodges with Mr. Blundell and Passes Him)

Will Thoday.
Reverend Venables.
Mrs. Wilbraham.
Sir Henry Thorpe.
16)

What are the emeralds wrapped in when they're discovered? (from Lord Peter Is Called Wrong)

An old newspaper.
Brown paper.
Cotton.
Blue silk.
17)

How do the police try to get Will and James Thoday to confess to Jeff Deacon's murder? (from The Slow Work)

They claim to have evidence incriminating the brothers.
They tell each that the other has confessed.
They lie about having an eyewitness to the crime.
They put the brothers in a room with a hidden microphone.
18)

Who figures out the meaning of what is written on the French paper Hilary Thorpe finds in the church belfry? (from Lord Peter Follows His Course Bell to Lead)

Potty Peake.
Reverend Venables.
Mrs. Gates.
Hilary Thorpe.
19)

One year after Deacon's murder, how much deeper is the River Wale due to a rainy season? (from The Waters are Called Out)

Twelve feet deeper.
Nine feet deeper.
Eight inches deeper.
Two feet deeper.
20)

How long do the villagers of Fenchurch St. Paul live in the church and Rectory before the waters recede? (from The Bells are Rung Down)

Eight days.
Two weeks.
Six weeks.
A month.
21)

From where does Suzanne Legros initially claim her husband is? (from Monsieur Rozier Hunts the Treble down)

Spain.
Belgium.
America.
Turkey.
22)

Who buys Mary Thoday a parrot? (from Emily Turns Bunter from Behind)

Emily.
Will Thoday.
James Thoday.
Nobby Cranton.
23)

What does Potty Peak claim to have witnessed happening to Legros in the church? (from Plain Hunting)

He claims to have seen Legros hanging from a rope.
He claims to have seen Legros fighting another man.
He claims to have seen Legros hiding something in a pew.
He claims to have seen Legros being shot.
24)

What flies out of the hiding place in the roof along with the emeralds? (from Lord Peter Is Called Wrong)

A hornet.
A robin.
A wasp.
A bat.
25)

Where do Lord Peter and Superintendent Blundell find the missing bell rope? (from Lord Peter Dodges with Mr. Blundell and Passes Him)

In Lord Peter's car.
In the churchyard well.
In the Rectory hall.
In Potty Peakes' house.
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