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

2. What does Emily do to the object from which Lord Peter hopes to get fingerprints?
(a) She washes it, cleaning all the fingerprints off it.
(b) She drops it and breaks it.
(c) She gives it to a traveling salesman.
(d) She dusts it, obliterating any potential prints.

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

4. What church service do Will and Mary Thoday miss?
(a) The early service with Holy Communion.
(b) New Year's Eve service.
(c) A baptismal service.
(d) The Easter Sunday service.

5. 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) Nothing, the story is kept out of the papers.
(d) That Scotland Yard has found them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jean Legros turn out to be?

2. What family owns the Red House?

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

4. What does Mrs. Wilbraham do once her necklace is returned to her?

5. Who is on the top of the bell-chamber ladder, able to witness James Thoday's removal of Deacon's body from the church?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Will Thoday die, and how does his death redeem his character?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Lord Peter find the stolen emeralds?

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