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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Emily, the Rectory maid, threaten to quit?
(a) Bunter yells at her.
(b) She thinks she's getting paid a less than fair wage.
(c) She doesn't like Lord Peter staying at the Rectory.
(d) She thinks the Venables want her to work too many hours.

3. 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) Nothing, the story is kept out of the papers.
(d) That Mary Thoday is the thief.

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 solicits volunteers to help strengthen the gates.
(c) He stores food and blankets in the church.
(d) He rings an alarm on the church bells.

5. To where does Reverend Venables send the parish registers and all the church valuables to protect them from the flood?
(a) The Rectory attic.
(b) The top of the church bell tower.
(c) The chuch roof.
(d) The church basement.

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

7. What does James Thoday rent and use to give himself an alibi in the murder of Jeff Deacon?
(a) A motorbike.
(b) A car.
(c) A hall for a party.
(d) A computer.

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

13. Who kills Arthur Cobbleigh?
(a) Emily.
(b) Mrs. Gates.
(c) Jeff Deacon
(d) James Thoday.

14. What name is on Jean Legros's identity discs when they're found?
(a) Janis Lewis.
(b) Nobby Cranton.
(c) Arthur Cobbleigh.
(d) Stephen Driver.

15. When Will Thoday realizes the body in Lady Thorpe's grave is Jeff Deacon's, why doesn't he tell anyone?
(a) He fears people would suspect him of the crime.
(b) Everyone would realize Will isn't legally married.
(c) He suspects his wife has killed Deacon.
(d) He is glad Deacon is dead.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what name does Nobby Cranton have fake travel papers issued for Jeff Deacon for Deacon's journey to England?

3. What does Lord Peter have for dinner on Christmas Eve at the Rectory?

4. What food does Will Thoday take to Jeff Deacon while he imprisons Deacon in the church belfry?

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

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