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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. Which Fenchurch St. Paul farmer still cures his own bacon?
(a) Mr. Ashton.
(b) Will Thoday.
(c) Harry Gotobed.
(d) Jay Dutton.

2. Whose handwriting do the officials at Maidstone Gaol decide is on the French paper Hilary Thorpe finds in the church belfry?
(a) Nobby Cranton's.
(b) Bunter's.
(c) Mrs. Wilbraham's.
(d) Jeff Deacon's.

3. What name is on Jean Legros's identity discs when they're found?
(a) Arthur Cobbleigh.
(b) Stephen Driver.
(c) Janis Lewis.
(d) Nobby Cranton.

4. What does Lord Peter reveal as the cause of Jeff Deacon's death?
(a) The decibels of the bells during the New Year peal.
(b) Poison.
(c) Suicide.
(d) A brain hemorrhage caused by a blow to the head.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Mary Thoday and Will Thoday leave town?

2. What does Mrs. Wilbraham bequeath to Lord Peter?

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

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

5. What does Reverend Venables ask his parishioners to bring to the church in baskets during the flood?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. How does Lord Peter find the stolen emeralds?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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