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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Hilary Thorpe send the French paper she finds in the church belfry?
(a) Lord Peter.
(b) Reverend Venables.
(c) Mrs. Venables.
(d) Emily, the Rectory maid.

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

3. Who does Potty Peake claim to have seen talking in the church with Legros before the man's murder?
(a) Jeff Deacon.
(b) James Thoday.
(c) Nobby Cranton.
(d) Will Thoday.

4. Which of the following people does not have a key to the belfry stairs?
(a) Hezekiah Lavender.
(b) Reverend Venables.
(c) James Thoday.
(d) Mr. Gotobed.

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

6. Which bell does Hezekiah Lavender ring?
(a) Batty Thomas.
(b) Jericho.
(c) Gaude.
(d) Tailor Paul.

7. How does Reverend Venables help his parishioners pay their tithes?
(a) He loans them money to do so.
(b) He gives them jobs to earn money to use to tithe.
(c) He serves as pastor for free so the church has more money.
(d) He advises them on investments to help them prosper.

8. In the first chapter of the book, where does Reverend Venables suggest that Lord Peter and Bunter spend the night?
(a) In the barn of a local farmer.
(b) At a local boarding house owned by James Thoday.
(c) In the church.
(d) At the Rectory.

9. Who interviews Mrs. Gates?
(a) Bunter.
(b) Superintendent Blundell.
(c) Lord Peter.
(d) Reverend Venables.

10. What is the relationship of Jeff Deacon, the accused thief of the emeralds, to the Thorpe family?
(a) He's their former blacksmith.
(b) He's their former gardener.
(c) He's their former butler.
(d) He's their former chauffeur.

11. Who is Stephen Driver?
(a) A church deacon.
(b) Lady Thorpe's physician.
(c) A stranger who recently asked Mr. Wilderspin for a job.
(d) The village veterinarian.

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

13. 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) Mrs. Wilbraham.
(b) Will Thoday.
(c) Reverend Venables.
(d) Sir Henry Thorpe.

14. What does Will Thoday do with the money he withdraws from the bank on New Year's Eve?
(a) He buys a knife.
(b) He returns it to the bank when Legros is killed.
(c) He buys a gun.
(d) He buys a train ticket to Italy.

15. Which bell at Fenchurch St. Paul is considered unlucky?
(a) Batty Thomas.
(b) Jubilee.
(c) Jericho.
(d) Tailor Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what event was Mrs. Wilbraham's emerald necklace stolen?

2. What does the person to whom Hilary Thorpe sends the French paper she finds in the church belfry think the writing on the paper is?

3. Who finds a strange man's corpse in Lady Thorpe's grave?

4. Who does Lord Peter suggest as a substitute change-ringer for Will Thoday in the church's ceremony?

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

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