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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. Why does Emily, the Rectory maid, threaten to quit?
(a) Bunter yells at her.
(b) She thinks she's getting paid a less than fair wage.
(c) She thinks the Venables want her to work too many hours.
(d) She doesn't like Lord Peter staying at the Rectory.

2. How long do the villagers of Fenchurch St. Paul live in the church and Rectory before the waters recede?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Eight days.
(c) A month.
(d) Six weeks.

3. What does Lord Peter have for dinner on Christmas Eve at the Rectory?
(a) Cold roast beef and trifle.
(b) Roast turkey and mashed potatoes.
(c) Cold cuts and baked beans.
(d) Baked ham and sweet potatoes.

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

5. How is Will Thoday planning to get Jeff Deacon out of town until he becomes too ill with the flu to carry out his plan?
(a) By bribing Deacon to leave.
(b) By knocking Deacon unconscious and driving him far away.
(c) By having Deacon kidnapped.
(d) By putting Deacon on a Dutch cargo boat.

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. What does Emily do to the object from which Lord Peter hopes to get fingerprints?

3. How does James Thoday identify Jeff Deacon when he finds Deacon's corpse in the church belfry?

4. Who does Jean Legros turn out to be?

5. Who is able to give Potty Peake an alibi for the day of Jeff Deacon's murder?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. To whom does Lady Wilbraham leave her money when she dies and for what is she trying to atone in how she bequeaths her wealth?

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

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

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

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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