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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. How many children does Suzanne Legros have?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

2. What object does Lord Peter find in the church belfry that he believes may yield fingerprints?
(a) A cigarette lighter.
(b) A ballpoint pen.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) An empty beer bottle.

3. What does Stephen Driver ask the Wilderspins about in addition to a job?
(a) Batty Thomas and Tailor Paul.
(b) The stolen emeralds.
(c) Accomodations for the night.
(d) The church parishioners.

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

5. Who does the letter to the dead man eliminate as the corpse?
(a) Potty Peake.
(b) Nobby Cranton.
(c) Sir Henry.
(d) Jeff Deacon.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do Lord Peter and Bunter read the letter to the dead man from Lady Thorpe's grave?

2. Who is Emily?

3. What kind of money is found in the dead man's pocket?

4. What color is Hilary Thorpe's hair?

5. What is the relationship of Jeff Deacon, the accused thief of the emeralds, to the Thorpe family?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Hilary Thorpe send Lord Peter via the mail, and how does Lord Peter think the document fits into the mystery of Jean Legros?

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

5. What does Mrs. Venables deduce about the mysterious male corpse in Lady Thorpe's grave when she sees his French underclothes?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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