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

2. About what does the sluice-keeper complain when Lord Peter and Bunter drive past the sluice gates?
(a) His poverty.
(b) The weather.
(c) The state of his gates.
(d) His rheumatism.

3. Who finds Nobby Cranton and takes Lord Peter to him?
(a) Bunter.
(b) Inspector Blundell.
(c) Mrs. Venables.
(d) Mrs. Gates.

4. Where do Lord Peter and Superintendent Blundell find the missing bell rope?
(a) In the Rectory hall.
(b) In Lord Peter's car.
(c) In the churchyard well.
(d) In Potty Peakes' house.

5. Why can't Lord Peter and Bunter spend the night at the Red Cow, the local inn in Fenchurch St. Paul?
(a) The Red Cow has burned down.
(b) The Red Cow doesn't have room for them.
(c) They have no money to pay for lodging.
(d) The Red Cow has closed for remodeling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Wilderspin's profession?

2. What nationality does Mrs. Venables think the dead man is?

3. Which of the following people does not have a key to the belfry stairs?

4. Why does Reverend Venables seek Lord Peter's help and advice regarding the stranger's corpse?

5. What is Reverend Venables' first name?

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