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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 takes Reverend Venables' keys while Jeff Deacon is hidden in the bell chamber?
(a) Harry Gotobed.
(b) James Thoday.
(c) Emily.
(d) Will Thoday.

2. What do the Fenchurch St. Paul newspapers say about the discovery of the missing Wilbraham emeralds?
(a) That Hilary Thorpe has inherited them.
(b) That Scotland Yard has found them.
(c) That Mary Thoday is the thief.
(d) Nothing, the story is kept out of the papers.

3. What does the proverb "Nine Tailors make a man" mean in Fenchurch St. Paul?
(a) That there are nine bells in the church.
(b) That Tailor Paul is rung nine times when a parishioner dies.
(c) That the rector must change every nine years.
(d) That it takes nine tailors to make a suit of clothes.

4. What family owns the Red House?
(a) The Thorpe family.
(b) Lord Peter Wimsey's family.
(c) The Wilbraham family.
(d) The Lavender family.

5. What does Mrs. Wilbraham do once her necklace is returned to her?
(a) Demands the arrest of Stephen Driver.
(b) Sells the emeralds for quick cash.
(c) Has the emeralds made into earrings and a bracelet.
(d) Repays the money the Thorpes paid her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the police and Lord Peter certain that Will Thoday could not have buried Jeff Deacon in Lady Thorpe's grave?

2. When Jeff Deacon tells Will Thoday he's come back to Fenchurch for money, what does Will think Deacon means?

3. What is the legend of the Fenchurch St. Paul bells?

4. Who do the police initially charge with the murder of Jean Legros?

5. When Will Thoday realizes the body in Lady Thorpe's grave is Jeff Deacon's, why doesn't he tell anyone?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary Thoday react when Lord Peter shows her the cipher, and what does her reaction indicate?

2. How does Lord Peter find the stolen emeralds?

3. Why does Bunter get upset with Emily over the beer bottle found in the vestry?

4. What surprising news is revealed about Deacon's murder when James and Will Thoday are left alone in a room with a hidden microphone?

5. How does Lady Wilbraham respond when her stolen emeralds are found?

6. Why does Will Thoday take a large sum of money out of the bank and then redeposit it?

7. What does the behavior of the villagers during the flood indicate about the closeness of the people and the church's role in their lives?

8. What makes Lord Peter and the police think that Arthur Cobbleigh and Jean Legros are the same man?

9. How does Lord Peter solve the mystery of Deacon's death and what does the cause of Deacon's death turn out to be?

10. What aspect of the mystery of Jeff Deacon's death is Lord Peter still unable to solve one year after first becoming involved in the puzzle?

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