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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 behind Abbot Thomas' tomb.
(b) From the ladder leading up to the belfry.
(c) From the church choir loft.
(d) From the church rooftop.

2. Who provides Jeff Deacon with food while he's imprisoned in the church bellchamber?
(a) Mrs. Wilbraham.
(b) Potty Peake.
(c) Will Thoday.
(d) Mrs. Venables.

3. What is the only area of Fenchurch St. Paul not covered in water?
(a) The church and rectory.
(b) The Red House.
(c) Lord Peter's home.
(d) The market square.

4. What brings Lord Peter and Bunter back to Fenchurch St. Paul a year after Deacon's murder?
(a) Another murder.
(b) A holiday invitation from Hilary Thorpe.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A holiday invitation from Mrs. Wilbraham.

5. Who kills Arthur Cobbleigh?
(a) Emily.
(b) James Thoday.
(c) Mrs. Gates.
(d) Jeff Deacon

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jeff Deacon tells Will Thoday he's come back to Fenchurch for money, what does Will think Deacon means?

2. Who takes Reverend Venables' keys while Jeff Deacon is hidden in the bell chamber?

3. What flies out of the hiding place in the roof along with the emeralds?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. 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?

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

6. How does Lord Peter find the stolen emeralds?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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