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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) Nobby Cranton.
(b) Jeff Deacon.
(c) James Thoday.
(d) Will Thoday.

2. What does the letter to the mysterious dead man concern?
(a) It's a letter about Jeff Deacon's prison escape.
(b) It's a letter from a French peasant woman to her husband.
(c) It's a love letter for Hilary Thorpe.
(d) It's a letter about the stolen Wilbraham emeralds.

3. Why does Nobby Cranton think the stolen Wilbraham emeralds are somewhere in the town of Fenchurch St. Paul?
(a) Deacon never left town before his arrest.
(b) Deacon told a cell mate in prison they are in the town.
(c) Deacon broke out of jail to return there to retrieve the jewels.
(d) Mary Thoday, to whom Deacon gave them, lives in the town.

4. Why does M. Rozier want Lord Peter to dine with him at his home?
(a) So he and Lord Peter can further discuss Jean Legros.
(b) So he can interrogate Lord Peter in a relaxed atmosphere.
(c) So Lord Peter can sample authentic French cooking.
(d) So his wife can meet Lord Peter.

5. Who finds a strange man's corpse in Lady Thorpe's grave?
(a) Harry Gotobed, the church sexton, and his son.
(b) Lord Peter.
(c) The undertaker.
(d) Reverend Venables.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Potty Peak claim to have witnessed happening to Legros in the church?

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

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

4. Who do the Ashtons drive home in a snowstorm after finding him in his car on the side of the road, too ill with influenza to drive further?

5. From what illness does Sir Henry Thorpe die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clue does Jeff Deacon give Nobby Cranton about the location of the stolen emeralds and how does Cranton initially interpret the clue?

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

3. How does Suzanne Legros meet her husband Jean Legros and what lies do she and Jean tell about Jean's history?

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

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

6. 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?

7. What is known about the manner of the death of the unknown male corpse in Lady Thorpe's grave?

8. What is the relationship between Lord Peter and Bunter?

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

10. Why is the unknown man's corpse in Lady Thorpe's grave suspected of being Nobby Cranton?

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