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

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

3. One year after Deacon's murder, how much deeper is the River Wale due to a rainy season?
(a) Nine feet deeper.
(b) Two feet deeper.
(c) Eight inches deeper.
(d) Twelve feet deeper.

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

5. What does Lord Peter organize while waiting out the flood in the church?
(a) Games and drills for the children.
(b) Making tea.
(c) Washing and drying of dishes.
(d) Baking bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Bunter have while waiting out the flood in the church?

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

3. What church service do Will and Mary Thoday miss?

4. What family owns the Red House?

5. What food does Will Thoday take to Jeff Deacon while he imprisons Deacon in the church belfry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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