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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does Bunter have while waiting out the flood in the church?
(a) He helps cook lunch each day.
(b) He takes care of the young children and babies.
(c) He directs the making of breakfast each day.
(d) He organizes the sleeping bags and blankets.

2. What brings Lord Peter and Bunter back to Fenchurch St. Paul a year after Deacon's murder?
(a) A holiday invitation from Mrs. Wilbraham.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A holiday invitation from Hilary Thorpe.
(d) Another murder.

3. Who is Samuel Snell?
(a) The real emerald thief.
(b) A Tailor Paul ringer who lives to be seventy-six.
(c) The killer of Jean Legros.
(d) The real husband of Mary Thoday.

4. In what name does Nobby Cranton have fake travel papers issued for Jeff Deacon for Deacon's journey to England?
(a) Joseph Lemuel.
(b) Stephen Driver.
(c) Matthew Cornwall.
(d) Paul Taylor.

5. What is the only area of Fenchurch St. Paul not covered in water?
(a) The market square.
(b) The church and rectory.
(c) Lord Peter's home.
(d) The Red House.

6. What is the first thing Reverend Venables does once Lord Peter tells him the sluice gates are collapsing?
(a) He solicits volunteers to help strengthen the gates.
(b) He organizes beds in the church for the parishioners.
(c) He rings an alarm on the church bells.
(d) He stores food and blankets in the church.

7. What makes the police and Lord Peter certain that Will Thoday could not have buried Jeff Deacon in Lady Thorpe's grave?
(a) Will is not a violent man.
(b) Will is ill and weak from influenza at the time of the murder.
(c) The evidence does not implicate Will as the killer.
(d) Will has an airtight alibi for the night of the murder.

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

9. When Jeff Deacon tells Will Thoday he's come back to Fenchurch for money, what does Will think Deacon means?
(a) That Deacon's come to blackmail Mary.
(b) That Deacon plans to rob again.
(c) That Deacon wants to blackmail him.
(d) That Deacon has come to retrieve the emeralds.

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

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

12. What church service do Will and Mary Thoday miss?
(a) The early service with Holy Communion.
(b) A baptismal service.
(c) New Year's Eve service.
(d) The Easter Sunday service.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jean Legros turn out to be?

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

3. What does James Thoday rent and use to give himself an alibi in the murder of Jeff Deacon?

4. The ringers of which church bell tend to live to ripe old age?

5. What does Mrs. Wilbraham do once her necklace is returned to her?

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