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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Waters are Called Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Nobby Cranton, who takes the stolen Wilbraham emeralds after the theft?
(a) Jeff Deacon.
(b) Stephen Driver.
(c) Hezekiah Lavender.
(d) Arthur Cobbleigh.

2. From what illness does Sir Henry Thorpe die?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cancer.

3. In France, why does Jeff Deacon pretend he's lost his ability to speak?
(a) He doesn't want anyone to question him about his past.
(b) He speaks French with a British accent.
(c) He has a lisp and is embarrassed by it.
(d) He doesn't want anyone to find out he's German.

4. Who finds a strange man's corpse in Lady Thorpe's grave?
(a) Reverend Venables.
(b) Harry Gotobed, the church sexton, and his son.
(c) Lord Peter.
(d) The undertaker.

5. How does Suzanne Legros meet her husband?
(a) She meets him while nursing wounded soldiers in the war.
(b) She meets him at a dance.
(c) She meets him at a friend's wedding.
(d) She finds him wounded and unconscious on her farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Gates unhappy with the wreath Mrs. Coppins sends for Lady Thorpe's funeral?

2. In what name does Bunter expect to find mail for the dead man?

3. Who is Mrs. Gates?

4. What does Reverend Venables ask his parishioners to bring to the church in baskets during the flood?

5. For what does Nobby Cranton mistake the Fenchurch St. Paul bells Paul Taylor and Batty Thomas?

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