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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Potty Peake claim to have seen talking in the church with Legros before the man's murder?
(a) Will Thoday.
(b) James Thoday.
(c) Jeff Deacon.
(d) Nobby Cranton.

2. What is unusual about the underclothing found on the dead man's body?
(a) It's handmade and very expensive.
(b) It's Italian.
(c) It's made of terrycloth.
(d) It's French.

3. From what illness does Sir Henry Thorpe die?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Pneumonia.

4. Why doesn't Superintendent Blundell think Cranton is Legros' killer?
(a) He believes Cranton is too ill and near death to be a killer.
(b) He believes a woman is the killer.
(c) Cranton has never killed before.
(d) He believes Cranton has died in a prison break.

5. In the first chapter of the book, where does Reverend Venables suggest that Lord Peter and Bunter spend the night?
(a) In the barn of a local farmer.
(b) In the church.
(c) At the Rectory.
(d) At a local boarding house owned by James Thoday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jean Legros tell Suzanne he is going to England?

2. What is James Thoday's profession?

3. Who interviews Mrs. Gates?

4. What book has Lord Peter written that Reverend Venables immediately associates with Lord Peter's name because he has read the book?

5. In what name does Bunter expect to find mail for the dead man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the interior of Fenchurch St. Paul like?

2. Why do Superintendent Blundell and Lord Peter suspect that the Thoday brothers may have been involved in the death of Jean Legros?

3. What story does Jenkins tell Lord Peter about a stolen emerald necklace?

4. What effect does World War I have on the Legros farm in France?

5. What does Lord Peter fish out of the churchyard well and how do these items relate to the murder of the unidentified corpse?

6. In what ways is Mrs. Venables a foil to the character of her husband, Reverend Venables?

7. How does Nobby Cranton react when Lord Peter shows him the cipher written on French paper and what does his reaction indicate?

8. What unique narrative techniques does Dorothy L. Sayers use in The Nine Tailors?

9. How does the pseudonym of Paul Taylor for the French letter's recipient reinforce the motif of the church bells?

10. Why does Lord Peter end up going to France to make inquiries about Paul Taylor instead of Superintendent Blundell or the Chief Constable?

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