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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dodging.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not an event from Jeff Deacon's life once Deacon is found guilty of stealing the emeralds?
(a) He is executed for the crime.
(b) A skeleton in a prison jumpsuit is assumed to be him.
(c) He kills a jail guard.
(d) He escapes from prison.

2. Why does M. Rozier want Lord Peter to dine with him at his home?
(a) So his wife can meet Lord Peter.
(b) So Lord Peter can sample authentic French cooking.
(c) So he and Lord Peter can further discuss Jean Legros.
(d) So he can interrogate Lord Peter in a relaxed atmosphere.

3. When Mrs. Wilbraham dies, what is clasped in her hand?
(a) Her emeralds.
(b) A bottle of sleeping pills.
(c) A crucifix.
(d) A photo of her late husband.

4. With whom do Lord Peter and Bunter read the letter to the dead man from Lady Thorpe's grave?
(a) Mrs. Venables.
(b) Hilary Thorpe.
(c) Superintendent Blundell.
(d) Reverend Venables.

5. Who confesses to mutilating Jeff Deacon's body and burying it?
(a) Nobby Cranton.
(b) Will Thoday.
(c) James Thoday.
(d) Mary Thoday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Suzanne Legros' reaction when M. Rozier and Lord Peter show her the photograph of Nobby Cranton?

2. How does Suzanne Legros meet her husband?

3. While talking with Lord Peter after the stranger's funeral, who does Hilary Thorpe suggest might know when her mother's grave was disturbed?

4. From what illness does Nobby Cranton suffer?

5. Why do Mary Thoday and Will Thoday leave town?

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