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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is on the top of the bell-chamber ladder, able to witness James Thoday's removal of Deacon's body from the church?
(a) Mrs. Gates.
(b) Nobby Cranton.
(c) Potty Peake.
(d) Bunter.

2. One year after Deacon's murder, how much deeper is the River Wale due to a rainy season?
(a) Twelve feet deeper.
(b) Eight inches deeper.
(c) Two feet deeper.
(d) Nine feet deeper.

3. The ringers of which church bell tend to live to ripe old age?
(a) Dimity.
(b) Tailor Paul.
(c) Batty Thomas.
(d) Gaude.

4. What are the emeralds wrapped in when they're discovered?
(a) Blue silk.
(b) Brown paper.
(c) Cotton.
(d) An old newspaper.

5. When Mrs. Wilbraham dies, what is clasped in her hand?
(a) A bottle of sleeping pills.
(b) A photo of her late husband.
(c) A crucifix.
(d) Her emeralds.

6. Where does Lord Peter decide that the missing emeralds must be hidden?
(a) Between the cherubims in the church roof.
(b) In the church in Reverend Venables' office.
(c) In a church bathroom.
(d) In the church venting system.

7. What does Lord Peter reveal as the cause of Jeff Deacon's death?
(a) Suicide.
(b) The decibels of the bells during the New Year peal.
(c) Poison.
(d) A brain hemorrhage caused by a blow to the head.

8. How long do the villagers of Fenchurch St. Paul live in the church and Rectory before the waters recede?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Eight days.

9. What family owns the Red House?
(a) The Wilbraham family.
(b) Lord Peter Wimsey's family.
(c) The Thorpe family.
(d) The Lavender family.

10. What kind of car does Lord Peter drive?
(a) A Range Rover.
(b) A Toyota.
(c) A Daimler.
(d) A Ford.

11. From where does Potty Peake observe Will Thoday's interactions with Jeff Deacon in the church belfry?
(a) From behind Abbot Thomas' tomb.
(b) From the ladder leading up to the belfry.
(c) From the church rooftop.
(d) From the church choir loft.

12. What does Mrs. Wilbraham bequeath to Lord Peter?
(a) Her limousine.
(b) A talking parrot.
(c) Her stocks and bonds.
(d) Her emeralds.

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

14. When the sluice gates break, who loses his life trying to save another man swept into the river?
(a) Hezekiah Lavender.
(b) Potty Peake.
(c) James Thoday.
(d) Will Thoday.

15. What flies out of the hiding place in the roof along with the emeralds?
(a) A bat.
(b) A wasp.
(c) A hornet.
(d) A robin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Fenchurch St. Paul farmer still cures his own bacon?

2. Which Fenchurch St. Paul parishioner has purchased several items identical to the one on which Lord Peter hoped to find fingerprints?

3. Who provides Jeff Deacon with food while he's imprisoned in the church bellchamber?

4. For what does Will Thoday initially mistake Jeff Deacon upon discovering him in the church?

5. What do the Fenchurch St. Paul newspapers say about the discovery of the missing Wilbraham emeralds?

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