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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 bell ringers does Fenchurch St. Paul have?
(a) Four.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

2. Why does the Chief Constable send Lord Peter to France to investigate the dead man's letter instead of sending a policeman?
(a) Lord Peter can work under cover more easily than a cop.
(b) Lord Peter is a member of the French police force.
(c) They don't have enough evidence for a policeman to go.
(d) Lord Peter speaks fluent French and will pay his own way.

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

4. What is Suzanne Legros' reaction when M. Rozier and Lord Peter show her the photograph of Nobby Cranton?
(a) She faints.
(b) She screams.
(c) She says it's her husband, identifying Jean as Cranton.
(d) She doesn't recognize it, confirming that Cranton is not Jean.

5. What name is the letter addressed to instead of the name Bunter expects?
(a) Quentin Rochester.
(b) Theodore Venables.
(c) Thomas Penn.
(d) Paul Taylor.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the year does the book open?

2. What does the letter to the mysterious dead man concern?

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

4. Who figures out the meaning of what is written on the French paper Hilary Thorpe finds in the church belfry?

5. What object does Lord Peter find in the church belfry that he believes may yield fingerprints?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How does Reverend Venables help Lord Peter solve the cipher?

4. Who is Hilary Thorpe and what does she find in the bell-chamber while helping in the church?

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

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

7. 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?

8. What reason does Jean Legros give his wife for his return to England?

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

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

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