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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lord Peter Is Called Wrong.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Lord Peter think Will Thoday is the man who buried Legros in Lady Thorpe's grave?
(a) Will is afraid of ghosts and graveyards.
(b) Will was very ill with influenza when the burial occurred.
(c) Will is a very honest man and says he is innocent.
(d) Will has a broken arm and couldn't have dug the grave.

2. Whose handwriting do the officials at Maidstone Gaol decide is on the French paper Hilary Thorpe finds in the church belfry?
(a) Mrs. Wilbraham's.
(b) Nobby Cranton's.
(c) Bunter's.
(d) Jeff Deacon's.

3. How does Hilary Thorpe's Uncle Edward feel about Lord Peter's interest in sleuthing?
(a) He scoffs at Lord Peter's lack of professional credentials.
(b) He wants to join Lord Peter in solving murder mysteries.
(c) He thinks Lord Peter's sleuthing abilities are exaggerated.
(d) He thinks it a hobby unsuited to Lord Peter's social class.

4. With what London jewel thief does Jeff Deacon steal Mrs. Wilbraham's emeralds?
(a) Carl Jonas.
(b) Nobby Cranton.
(c) Stephen Redmond.
(d) Jebediah Pratt.

5. During the funeral for the dead stranger, about what is Lord Peter puzzling?
(a) The rope that tied the man up before his death.
(b) The bell ringing pattern for the funeral service.
(c) The reason the man might have been killed.
(d) The man's identity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Potty Peake claim to have seen talking in the church with Legros before the man's murder?

2. To whom is Mary Thoday married when Mrs. Wilbraham's emeralds are stolen?

3. What flower grows in abundance in the Rectory garden at Easter?

4. What are the emeralds wrapped in when they're discovered?

5. From what illness does Sir Henry Thorpe die?

(see the answer key)

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