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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) He is glad Deacon is dead.
(c) He suspects his wife has killed Deacon.
(d) Everyone would realize Will isn't legally married.

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

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

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

5. What does Emily do to the object from which Lord Peter hopes to get fingerprints?
(a) She dusts it, obliterating any potential prints.
(b) She washes it, cleaning all the fingerprints off it.
(c) She gives it to a traveling salesman.
(d) She drops it and breaks it.

6. Who do the police initially charge with the murder of Jean Legros?
(a) Nobby Cranton.
(b) James Thoday.
(c) Mary Thoday.
(d) Mrs. Wilbraham.

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

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

9. Who does Jean Legros turn out to be?
(a) Stephen Driver.
(b) Nobby Cranton.
(c) Arthur Cobbleigh.
(d) Jeff Deacon.

10. 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 has come to retrieve the emeralds.
(c) That Deacon wants to blackmail him.
(d) That Deacon's come to blackmail Mary.

11. 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 claim to have evidence incriminating the brothers.
(c) They put the brothers in a room with a hidden microphone.
(d) They tell each that the other has confessed.

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

13. For what does Will Thoday initially mistake Jeff Deacon upon discovering him in the church?
(a) A rector.
(b) A maintenance man.
(c) A choir member.
(d) A burglar.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first thing Reverend Venables does once Lord Peter tells him the sluice gates are collapsing?

3. What do the Fenchurch St. Paul newspapers say about the discovery of the missing Wilbraham emeralds?

4. One year after Deacon's murder, how much deeper is the River Wale due to a rainy season?

5. Why do Mary Thoday and Will Thoday leave town?

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