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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. Who is in attendance at the meeting?

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

3. What is the name of the commissionaire?

4. What title is given to Miss Blake?

5. In chapter one, who is sitting in the lounge having tea?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens when Pennyfather gets to his room?

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

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

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

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

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 relationship between Lady Sedgwick then and now. How did they find one another? What was the point of Gorman trying to blackmail Lady Sedgwick? Wouldn't it cause Gorman as much harm? Was Lady Sedgwick's threat sincere? Do you think Lady Sedgwick murdered Gorman? Explain the series of events to follow.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Lady Selina Hazy is introduced early on in the narrative. Who is Lady Hazy? What is her purpose in the story? How does she know Miss Marple? What happens to Lady Hazy as the story progresses? How do you think Lady Hazy would view the outcome of the story?

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