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

2. What type of event was the person supposed to attend?
(a) Luncheon.
(b) Conference.
(c) Funeral.
(d) Birthday party.

3. What item had failed to work properly for Elvira?
(a) Search for her mother.
(b) Alibi.
(c) Blackmail scheme.
(d) Scam to hop onto a train.

4. What is the name of the commissionaire?
(a) Pennyfather.
(b) Neville.
(c) Lackey.
(d) Gorman.

5. What adjective is best used to describe Miss Marple?
(a) Reserved.
(b) Self-conscious.
(c) Cheery.
(d) Elderly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relative of Elvira's lives in Kent?

2. Miss Marple is well known as which of the following?

3. What does Pennyfather discover when he arrives at the airport?

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

5. What was the name of the city mentioned in the conversation between Lady Sedgwick and her guest?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What aspect of Elvira's life is also under Luscombe's care? What does Elvira want to know about it?

3. How does Elvira's plan work? What item is taken?

4. Who does Elvira visit? What topic is discussed between the two?

5. What is Luscombe's reply? What does Luscombe try to do to ease the situation?

6. What is Elvira's solution to the problem? Does the other party agree?

7. Describe Bertram's Hotel, its location, architecture, and reputation.

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

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

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

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