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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nobby Goes in Slow and Comes out Quick.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the legend of the Fenchurch St. Paul bells?
(a) That wicked people fear them and their tones.
(b) That they draw the angels.
(c) That they can cure illness.
(d) That they protect the church.

2. What is unusual about the underclothing found on the dead man's body?
(a) It's handmade and very expensive.
(b) It's French.
(c) It's Italian.
(d) It's made of terrycloth.

3. Which of the following statements does not describe the status of Suzanne Legros at the end of the war in 1918?
(a) Her father, brother, and fiance have died in the war.
(b) She is married and living in Paris.
(c) She is twenty-seven and living on her grandfather's farm.
(d) She is single-handedly running the farm.

4. Why does Sir Henry have little money to leave his daughter after his death?
(a) He has lost his fortune in bad investments.
(b) His former butler embezzled most of the family's funds.
(c) He has gambled away the family fortune.
(d) He has recompensed Mrs. Wilbraham for her stolen jewels.

5. In what name does Bunter expect to find mail for the dead man?
(a) Jacques Andrea.
(b) Nobby Cranton.
(c) Bill Frankel.
(d) Stephen Driver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Duke of Denver?

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

3. What is Mr. Ashton's profession?

4. Why doesn't Lord Peter think Will Thoday is the man who buried Legros in Lady Thorpe's grave?

5. What decorative aspect of the church's roof impresses Lord Peter when he first glimpses it?

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