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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what room at the Rectory does Lord Peter study the French underclothing found on the dead stranger?
(a) The library.
(b) The parlor.
(c) The schoolroom.
(d) The kitchen.

2. On what day of the year does the book open?
(a) The Fourth of July.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Christmas.
(d) New Year's Eve.

3. What does Lord Peter do during World War I?
(a) He serves in the military.
(b) He is a Peace Corps volunteer.
(c) He is a Red Cross volunteer.
(d) He is a conscientious objector.

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 Potty Peakes' house.
(d) In the churchyard well.

5. What food does Mrs. Venables serve Lord Peter and Bunter when she first meets them?
(a) Muffins.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Ham sandwiches.
(d) Cheese and crackers.

6. What breakfast does Mrs. Venables serve the bell ringers after their ceremony ends?
(a) Porridge and milk.
(b) Pancakes and sausage.
(c) Coffee, eggs, and bacon.
(d) French toast and fresh strawberries.

7. What name is the letter addressed to instead of the name Bunter expects?
(a) Theodore Venables.
(b) Paul Taylor.
(c) Quentin Rochester.
(d) Thomas Penn.

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

9. Why does Superintendent Blundell suspect James Thoday might know something about the murder of the man found in Lady Thorpe's grave?
(a) James is late returning to his ship after shore leave.
(b) James hellps bury people in the parish.
(c) James is familiar with the church graveyard.
(d) James has killed someone before.

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

11. Who do the Ashtons drive home in a snowstorm after finding him in his car on the side of the road, too ill with influenza to drive further?
(a) Sir Henry Thorpe.
(b) Will Thoday.
(c) Mrs. Wilbraham.
(d) Reverend Venables.

12. What other paper does the French paper Hilary Thorpe finds in the church belfry match?
(a) The pages in Mary Thoday's diary.
(b) Mrs. Wilbraham's personal stationery.
(c) Lady Thorpe's personal stationery.
(d) The paper on which Suzanne Legros writes her husband.

13. Who is Mr. Russell?
(a) The identify of the corpse found in Lady Thorpe's grave.
(b) Lord Peter's chauffeur.
(c) The undertaker in Fenchurch St. Paul.
(d) The Thorpe chauffeur.

14. Why doesn't Superintendent Blundell think Cranton is Legros' killer?
(a) He believes Cranton is too ill and near death to be a killer.
(b) Cranton has never killed before.
(c) He believes Cranton has died in a prison break.
(d) He believes a woman is the killer.

15. After the bell ringing ceremony, what news does the Reverend Venables receive about Lady Thorpe?
(a) She is going to give the church a large donation.
(b) She is in a coma after a car accident.
(c) She is dying of influenza.
(d) She has fallen and broken her hip.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nobby Cranton respond when Lord Peter shows him the French paper Hilary Thorpe finds in the church belfry?

2. Who is Stephen Driver?

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

4. How does Mrs. Gates say the Thorpe family has always treated her?

5. At the inquest concerning the stranger's corpse found by Mr. Gotobed, what does Dr. Baines say about the blows to the dead man's skull?

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