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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 is the dining companion's occupation?
(a) Race car driver.
(b) Actor.
(c) Investigator.
(d) Reporter.

2. What was the name of the city mentioned in the conversation between Lady Sedgwick and her guest?
(a) Munich.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Delft.
(d) Lucerne.

3. What event is Elvira prepared to celebrate?
(a) Victoria Day.
(b) Birthday.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.

4. Elvira asks if ______ has ever attempted to make contact with her.
(a) Her guardian.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) The hotel manager.

5. What growing concern involves Elvira?
(a) Potential marriage.
(b) Squandering her money.
(c) Relationship with Luscombe.
(d) Restriction on travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting down the hall when Miss Marple receives her lunch?

2. What is Elvira's main problem?

3. What is the secret relationship between Lady Sedgwick and Elvira?

4. What title is given to Miss Blake?

5. What is the purpose of going to this particular location?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Marple do first thing in the morning?

2. What happens when Pennyfather gets to his room?

3. Who does Miss Marple see in the lounge? What topic is discussed?

4. What does Elvira learn when she returns from Ireland? What does Elvira do next?

5. Colonel Luscombe broaches a delicate subject with Lady Sedgwick. What is the subject? What is Lady Sedgwick's reply?

6. Who meets Colonel Luscombe at the hotel? What is the relationship between the pair?

7. Describe the confrontation between Lady Sedgwick and Michael Gorman.

8. What is the reason for Miss Marple's trip to Bertram's Hotel? Who is paying for the trip?

9. Where does Canon Pennyfather go? What is the intended plan? What happens?

10. Discuss the interaction between Colonel Luscombe and Miss Gorringe.

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