View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

6. What does Lord Peter organize while waiting out the flood in the church?
(a) Baking bread.
(b) Making tea.
(c) Games and drills for the children.
(d) Washing and drying of dishes.

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

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

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

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

11. 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 the rector must change every nine years.
(c) That it takes nine tailors to make a suit of clothes.
(d) That Tailor Paul is rung nine times when a parishioner dies.

12. What does Nobby Cranton leave behind in the belfry when he flees it after finding Jeff Deacon?
(a) His belt buckle.
(b) His handkerchief.
(c) His cigarette lighter.
(d) Deacon's cipher.

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

14. 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 knocking Deacon unconscious and driving him far away.
(b) By having Deacon kidnapped.
(c) By bribing Deacon to leave.
(d) By putting Deacon on a Dutch cargo boat.

15. What do the Fenchurch St. Paul newspapers say about the discovery of the missing Wilbraham emeralds?
(a) That Scotland Yard has found them.
(b) That Hilary Thorpe has inherited them.
(c) That Mary Thoday is the thief.
(d) Nothing, the story is kept out of the papers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flies out of the hiding place in the roof along with the emeralds?

2. What kind of car does Lord Peter drive?

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

4. Who do the police initially charge with the murder of Jean Legros?

5. What does Emily do to the object from which Lord Peter hopes to get fingerprints?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 682 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample