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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. What is unusual about the condition of the hands of the corpse found in Lady Thorpe's grave?
(a) They have been painted.
(b) They have been tattooed.
(c) They have been severed.
(d) They have been covered in wax.

2. Who is Stephen Driver?
(a) The village veterinarian.
(b) A church deacon.
(c) A stranger who recently asked Mr. Wilderspin for a job.
(d) Lady Thorpe's physician.

3. Why does Jean Legros tell Suzanne he is going to England?
(a) To dispose of some property and get money for the family.
(b) To straighten out some legal troubles.
(c) To visit a sick friend.
(d) To divorce her.

4. From what illness does Nobby Cranton suffer?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Rheumatic fever that affects his heart.
(d) Influenza.

5. What does Rosie Thoday see at Lady Thorpe's grave the night of Lady Thorpe's funeral?
(a) A black dog.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) A light she believes is a ghost.
(d) A strange man dressed in black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other paper does the French paper Hilary Thorpe finds in the church belfry match?

2. Why does the Chief Constable send Lord Peter to France to investigate the dead man's letter instead of sending a policeman?

3. Who besides Mr. Gotobed has keys to the coke-house in which Mr. Gotobed the church sexton keeps his gravedigging tools?

4. What do the injuries on the corpse's arms and ankles indicate to the doctor?

5. Why does Reverend Venables seek Lord Peter's help and advice regarding the stranger's corpse?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what suspicious behavior does Will Thoday engage around New Year's, the time of the murder?

2. Who does Potty Peake's claim to have seen in the church with Legros, and what does his claim imply and how reliable is it considered?

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

4. During the funeral for the unidentified male corpse from Lady Thorpe's grave, what questions does Lord Peter ask himself about the corpse's death?

5. Why does Nobby Cranton return to Fenchurch St. Paul after his release from prison?

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

7. What is the Fens, the novel's setting, like?

8. Why does Sir Henry Thorpe end up broke due to the theft of Lady Wilbraham's emerald necklace?

9. What does the sluice-keeper complain about in the chapter entitled "Tailor Paul is Called Before With a Single," and what does his complaint foreshadow?

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

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