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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. What flies out of the hiding place in the roof along with the emeralds?
(a) A wasp.
(b) A bat.
(c) A hornet.
(d) A robin.

2. For what does Will Thoday initially mistake Jeff Deacon upon discovering him in the church?
(a) A burglar.
(b) A maintenance man.
(c) A rector.
(d) A choir member.

3. Who does Mrs. Wilbraham designate as Hilary Thorpe's trustee in handling the affairs of her estate?
(a) Mrs. Gates.
(b) Mrs. Venables.
(c) Lord Peter.
(d) Bunter.

4. Why do Mary Thoday and Will Thoday leave town?
(a) To remarry when they learn their union isn't legal.
(b) They fear Nobby Cranton will murder them.
(c) To flee arrest for the theft of the emeralds.
(d) To dispose of the stolen emeralds.

5. Who does Jean Legros turn out to be?
(a) Stephen Driver.
(b) Jeff Deacon.
(c) Nobby Cranton.
(d) Arthur Cobbleigh.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mrs. Wilbraham dies, what is clasped in her hand?

2. Who confesses to mutilating Jeff Deacon's body and burying it?

3. One year after Deacon's murder, how much deeper is the River Wale due to a rainy season?

4. To what other Fenchurch St. Paul parishioner is Emily related?

5. How do the police try to get Will and James Thoday to confess to Jeff Deacon's murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What account of Deacon's death does Cranton give when charged with Deacon's murder?

2. 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?

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

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

5. Discuss the religious symbolism in the flood of Fenchurch St. Paul and the villagers' experience in the church during the flood.

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

8. What is Jeff Deacon's tie to Arthur Cobbleigh?

9. Why do Will and Mary Thoday have to remarry each other?

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

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