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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. From where does Potty Peake observe Will Thoday's interactions with Jeff Deacon in the church belfry?
(a) From the church choir loft.
(b) From the church rooftop.
(c) From behind Abbot Thomas' tomb.
(d) From the ladder leading up to the belfry.

2. Who is on the top of the bell-chamber ladder, able to witness James Thoday's removal of Deacon's body from the church?
(a) Mrs. Gates.
(b) Bunter.
(c) Nobby Cranton.
(d) Potty Peake.

3. The ringers of which church bell tend to live to ripe old age?
(a) Tailor Paul.
(b) Dimity.
(c) Gaude.
(d) Batty Thomas.

4. How do the police try to get Will and James Thoday to confess to Jeff Deacon's murder?
(a) They lie about having an eyewitness to the crime.
(b) They put the brothers in a room with a hidden microphone.
(c) They tell each that the other has confessed.
(d) They claim to have evidence incriminating the brothers.

5. What kind of car does Lord Peter drive?
(a) A Ford.
(b) A Daimler.
(c) A Range Rover.
(d) A Toyota.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose handwriting do the officials at Maidstone Gaol decide is on the French paper Hilary Thorpe finds in the church belfry?

2. What is the first thing Reverend Venables does once Lord Peter tells him the sluice gates are collapsing?

3. What does Lord Peter have for dinner on Christmas Eve at the Rectory?

4. What does the proverb "Nine Tailors make a man" mean in Fenchurch St. Paul?

5. In France, why does Jeff Deacon pretend he's lost his ability to speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Who mutilates Deacon's body after his death and for what reason is the corpse mutilated?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. Why does Will Thoday initially believe Deacon has returned to Fenchurch St. Paul and what is the actual reason Deacon has returned?

10. What brings Lord Peter back to Fenchurch St. Paul one year after he abandons the mystery of Jeff Deacon's murder?

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