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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lord Peter is Taken from Lead and Makes Third Place.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Lord Peter's car in the first chapter of the novel?
(a) It is entered in a race and Lord Peter wins.
(b) Lord Peter wrecks it and gets it stuck in a ditch.
(c) Lord Peter has it painted a new color, red.
(d) It is stolen.

3. How long is the change-ringing or bell-ringing ceremony that Reverend Venables is planning in the opening chapter scheduled to last?
(a) Nine hours.
(b) Twenty minutes.
(c) Half an hour.
(d) Four hours.

4. Why can't Will Thoday ring his bell in the ceremony planned by Reverend Venables in the opening chapter of the book?
(a) He has influenza.
(b) He is out of town on holiday and therefore unavailable.
(c) He's been arrested for murder and is in jail.
(d) He has broken his arm.

5. What is Mrs. Wilbraham's relationship with the Thorpe family?
(a) She's their next door neighbor.
(b) She's Mrs. Thorpe's sister.
(c) She's one of their cousins.
(d) She's their landlord.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Emily?

2. How does Hilary Thorpe's Uncle Edward feel about Lord Peter's interest in sleuthing?

3. What does Hilary Thorpe want to be when she grows up?

4. What does Hilary Thorpe find in the church belfry while helping Mrs. Venables ready the church for the Easter service?

5. Which bell does Hezekiah Lavender ring?

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