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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does James Thoday identify Jeff Deacon when he finds Deacon's corpse in the church belfry?
(a) By Deacon's blue eyes and prominent eyebrows.
(b) By Deacon's mustache.
(c) By Deacon's large nose and crooked teeth.
(d) By the large scar on Deacon's hand.

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

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

4. Who provides Jeff Deacon with food while he's imprisoned in the church bellchamber?
(a) Mrs. Venables.
(b) Will Thoday.
(c) Potty Peake.
(d) Mrs. Wilbraham.

5. What food does Will Thoday take to Jeff Deacon while he imprisons Deacon in the church belfry?
(a) Fried chicken and biscuits.
(b) Eggs and Bacon.
(c) Pizza and cola.
(d) Bread and cheese and beer.

6. What does Mrs. Wilbraham do once her necklace is returned to her?
(a) Repays the money the Thorpes paid her.
(b) Has the emeralds made into earrings and a bracelet.
(c) Demands the arrest of Stephen Driver.
(d) Sells the emeralds for quick cash.

7. Who asks Lord Peter to warn Fenchurch St. Paul that the sluice gates are giving way?
(a) Hezekiah Lavender.
(b) Reverend Venables.
(c) Will Thoday.
(d) James Thoday.

8. How is Will Thoday planning to get Jeff Deacon out of town until he becomes too ill with the flu to carry out his plan?
(a) By having Deacon kidnapped.
(b) By knocking Deacon unconscious and driving him far away.
(c) By putting Deacon on a Dutch cargo boat.
(d) By bribing Deacon to leave.

9. Which Fenchurch St. Paul parishioner has purchased several items identical to the one on which Lord Peter hoped to find fingerprints?
(a) Will Thoday.
(b) Potty Peake.
(c) Emily.
(d) Mrs. Gates.

10. How do the police try to get Will and James Thoday to confess to Jeff Deacon's murder?
(a) They claim to have evidence incriminating the brothers.
(b) They lie about having an eyewitness to the crime.
(c) They tell each that the other has confessed.
(d) They put the brothers in a room with a hidden microphone.

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

12. Who takes Reverend Venables' keys while Jeff Deacon is hidden in the bell chamber?
(a) Will Thoday.
(b) James Thoday.
(c) Emily.
(d) Harry Gotobed.

13. What does the proverb "Nine Tailors make a man" mean in Fenchurch St. Paul?
(a) That there are nine bells in the church.
(b) That it takes nine tailors to make a suit of clothes.
(c) That Tailor Paul is rung nine times when a parishioner dies.
(d) That the rector must change every nine years.

14. Whose handwriting do the officials at Maidstone Gaol decide is on the French paper Hilary Thorpe finds in the church belfry?
(a) Jeff Deacon's.
(b) Nobby Cranton's.
(c) Mrs. Wilbraham's.
(d) Bunter's.

15. Which Fenchurch St. Paul farmer still cures his own bacon?
(a) Mr. Ashton.
(b) Will Thoday.
(c) Jay Dutton.
(d) Harry Gotobed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only area of Fenchurch St. Paul not covered in water?

2. Where does Lord Peter decide that the missing emeralds must be hidden?

3. Who confesses to mutilating Jeff Deacon's body and burying it?

4. What family owns the Red House?

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

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