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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What or whom does Elvira continue to ask questions about?

2. What does Pennyfather do to kill time after he leaves the airport?

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

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

5. What is the number of Colonel Luscombe's favorite room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Which guest is recognized and identified properly? What is the guest's reputation?

3. Who does Lady Sedgwick wait for dow the hall? What is the purpose?

4. Who is Mr. Humfries? How does he know Colonel Luscombe?

5. What happens to Canon Pennyfather? Who reports him missing?

6. What causes Pennyfather to be so late returning to the hotel? How does he get into his room?

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

8. Who does Elvira visit on official business? What topic is discussed?

9. How does Pennyfather decide to amuse himself with the extra time? Why does he make the choice?

10. Who overhears the conversation between Sedgwick and Gorman? What does Sedgwick do about the situation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Christie's brilliant use of foreshadowing throughout the book. Give at least three examples of foreshadowing. Give details and the purpose of using the technique. How else could the reader learn about the important information? What other technique might have been used?

Essay Topic 2

Bertram's Hotel is an old hotel tucked away in an exclusive part of London. Discuss Bertram's Hotel. When was the hotel built? Who owns it? What type of clientele patronizes Bertram's? How did the hotel get its generations-old reputation? How was the hotel used in at least one crime?

Essay Topic 3

Write your own murder mystery based on "At Bertram's Hotel." Use Miss Marple and Father as recurring characters in the story. Supply complete storyboards. Include character information, plot, and synopsis. Explain your inspiration.

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