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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Waters are Called Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lord Peter think the man he sees on New Year's Day in Fenchurch St. Paul might be?
(a) Jeff Deacon.
(b) Wally Pratt.
(c) Nobby Cranton.
(d) Stephen Redmond.

2. Who is Emily?
(a) The Venables' daughter.
(b) The Venables' maid.
(c) Bunter's girlfriend.
(d) Lord Peter's girlfriend.

3. Why can't Will Thoday ring his bell in the ceremony planned by Reverend Venables in the opening chapter of the book?
(a) He has influenza.
(b) He is out of town on holiday and therefore unavailable.
(c) He has broken his arm.
(d) He's been arrested for murder and is in jail.

4. What does the letter to the mysterious dead man concern?
(a) It's a letter about the stolen Wilbraham emeralds.
(b) It's a letter about Jeff Deacon's prison escape.
(c) It's a love letter for Hilary Thorpe.
(d) It's a letter from a French peasant woman to her husband.

5. What does Hilary Thorpe want to be when she grows up?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A missionary.
(d) A writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Reverend Venables' first name?

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

3. What does Will Thoday do with the money he withdraws from the bank on New Year's Eve?

4. For what does Nobby Cranton mistake the Fenchurch St. Paul bells Paul Taylor and Batty Thomas?

5. Which Fenchurch St. Paul parishioner has purchased several items identical to the one on which Lord Peter hoped to find fingerprints?

(see the answer key)

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