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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. To what other Fenchurch St. Paul parishioner is Emily related?
(a) Mrs. Venables.
(b) Mary Thoday.
(c) Mrs. Wilbraham.
(d) Mrs. Gates.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does Reverend Venables ask his parishioners to bring to the church in baskets during the flood?
(a) Coffee and tea.
(b) Their cats, rabbits and guinea-pigs.
(c) Medical supplies.
(d) Loaves of bread and fruits and vegetables.

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

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

14. Who is able to give Potty Peake an alibi for the day of Jeff Deacon's murder?
(a) Mary Thoday.
(b) Reverend Venables.
(c) James Thoday.
(d) Potty's aged aunt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What church service do Will and Mary Thoday miss?

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

3. When Mrs. Wilbraham dies, what is clasped in her hand?

4. What does Lord Peter reveal as the cause of Jeff Deacon's death?

5. Who provides Jeff Deacon with food while he's imprisoned in the church bellchamber?

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