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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what other Fenchurch St. Paul parishioner is Emily related?
(a) Mrs. Wilbraham.
(b) Mrs. Venables.
(c) Mrs. Gates.
(d) Mary Thoday.

2. What does Reverend Venables ask his parishioners to bring to the church in baskets during the flood?
(a) Loaves of bread and fruits and vegetables.
(b) Medical supplies.
(c) Their cats, rabbits and guinea-pigs.
(d) Coffee and tea.

3. Who buys Mary Thoday a parrot?
(a) Will Thoday.
(b) Emily.
(c) James Thoday.
(d) Nobby Cranton.

4. What does Nobby Cranton leave behind in the belfry when he flees it after finding Jeff Deacon?
(a) His cigarette lighter.
(b) Deacon's cipher.
(c) His handkerchief.
(d) His belt buckle.

5. The ringers of which church bell tend to live to ripe old age?
(a) Tailor Paul.
(b) Dimity.
(c) Gaude.
(d) Batty Thomas.

6. What is the legend of the Fenchurch St. Paul bells?
(a) That they draw the angels.
(b) That they can cure illness.
(c) That they protect the church.
(d) That wicked people fear them and their tones.

7. When Jeff Deacon tells Will Thoday he's come back to Fenchurch for money, what does Will think Deacon means?
(a) That Deacon's come to blackmail Mary.
(b) That Deacon plans to rob again.
(c) That Deacon wants to blackmail him.
(d) That Deacon has come to retrieve the emeralds.

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

9. Why do Mary Thoday and Will Thoday leave town?
(a) To remarry when they learn their union isn't legal.
(b) To dispose of the stolen emeralds.
(c) To flee arrest for the theft of the emeralds.
(d) They fear Nobby Cranton will murder them.

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

11. What does Lord Peter have for dinner on Christmas Eve at the Rectory?
(a) Roast turkey and mashed potatoes.
(b) Cold cuts and baked beans.
(c) Cold roast beef and trifle.
(d) Baked ham and sweet potatoes.

12. Who confesses to mutilating Jeff Deacon's body and burying it?
(a) Mary Thoday.
(b) Nobby Cranton.
(c) James Thoday.
(d) Will Thoday.

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

14. 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 church rooftop.
(c) From the ladder leading up to the belfry.
(d) From the church choir loft.

15. Where does Lord Peter decide that the missing emeralds must be hidden?
(a) Between the cherubims in the church roof.
(b) In a church bathroom.
(c) In the church venting system.
(d) In the church in Reverend Venables' office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brings Lord Peter and Bunter back to Fenchurch St. Paul a year after Deacon's murder?

2. What are the emeralds wrapped in when they're discovered?

3. What does James Thoday rent and use to give himself an alibi in the murder of Jeff Deacon?

4. What is the only area of Fenchurch St. Paul not covered in water?

5. Whose photo does Lord Peter send to Suzanne Legros to be identified?

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