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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who buys Mary Thoday a parrot?
(a) Will Thoday.
(b) Emily.
(c) Nobby Cranton.
(d) James Thoday.

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

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

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

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

11. How many children do Will and Mary Thoday have?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

12. What does Lord Peter have for dinner on Christmas Eve at the Rectory?
(a) Cold cuts and baked beans.
(b) Roast turkey and mashed potatoes.
(c) Cold roast beef and trifle.
(d) Baked ham and sweet potatoes.

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

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

15. Who confesses to mutilating Jeff Deacon's body and burying it?
(a) Nobby Cranton.
(b) Will Thoday.
(c) James Thoday.
(d) Mary Thoday.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What does Nobby Cranton leave behind in the belfry when he flees it after finding Jeff Deacon?

5. What makes the police and Lord Peter certain that Will Thoday could not have buried Jeff Deacon in Lady Thorpe's grave?

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