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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. What does Stephen Driver ask the Wilderspins about in addition to a job?
(a) Accomodations for the night.
(b) The stolen emeralds.
(c) Batty Thomas and Tailor Paul.
(d) The church parishioners.

2. Which bell at Fenchurch St. Paul is said to have killed two men?
(a) John.
(b) Batty Thomas.
(c) Gaude.
(d) Sabaoth.

3. What is Mr. Wilderspin's first name?
(a) Greg.
(b) Peter.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Nehemiah.

4. Who is Mr. Russell?
(a) Lord Peter's chauffeur.
(b) The Thorpe chauffeur.
(c) The identify of the corpse found in Lady Thorpe's grave.
(d) The undertaker in Fenchurch St. Paul.

5. Which bell at Fenchurch St. Paul is considered unlucky?
(a) Jericho.
(b) Batty Thomas.
(c) Tailor Paul.
(d) Jubilee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hilary Thorpe find in the church belfry while helping Mrs. Venables ready the church for the Easter service?

2. What does Potty Peak claim to have witnessed happening to Legros in the church?

3. Who finds Nobby Cranton and takes Lord Peter to him?

4. What does the stamp's color indicate about the dead man's letter?

5. While talking with Lord Peter after the stranger's funeral, who does Hilary Thorpe suggest might know when her mother's grave was disturbed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the pseudonym of Paul Taylor for the French letter's recipient reinforce the motif of the church bells?

2. Why do the police believe Jeff Deacon is dead?

3. Why is the unknown man's corpse in Lady Thorpe's grave suspected of being Nobby Cranton?

4. Who does Potty Peake's claim to have seen in the church with Legros, and what does his claim imply and how reliable is it considered?

5. Why is Batty Thomas considered an unlucky bell?

6. How does Nobby Cranton react when Lord Peter shows him the cipher written on French paper and what does his reaction indicate?

7. Why does Sir Henry Thorpe end up broke due to the theft of Lady Wilbraham's emerald necklace?

8. How does Suzanne Legros meet her husband Jean Legros and what lies do she and Jean tell about Jean's history?

9. Why does Lord Peter end up going to France to make inquiries about Paul Taylor instead of Superintendent Blundell or the Chief Constable?

10. What does Lord Peter fish out of the churchyard well and how do these items relate to the murder of the unidentified corpse?

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