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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 item had failed to work properly for Elvira?

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

3. What title is given to Miss Blake?

4. Sedgwick is often noted for which of the following?

5. What item worn by the commissionaire is a source of pride?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Pennyfather gets to his room?

4. Where does Miss Marple go shopping? Who does she see when she stops for lunch?

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

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

7. Describe the opening scene, the first character and the activity of the afternoon.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the reason Lady Sedgwick gave up custody of Elvira. Do you think it was a good or bad choice? Do you think Lady Sedgwick shared the real reason? What was Gorman's explanation? How does Elvira learn the truth about her parents? How does Ireland play into the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss in detail the reputation of Lady Bess Sedgwick. Why is Lady Sedgwick seen as being a wild character? What has she done? Where are the stories reported? Do you think the stories are true? Does Lady Sedgwick do anything to dispel any rumors?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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