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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. A question about which of the following upsets the chambermaid.
2. What caused Elvira to return to the hotel?
3. What manner is associated with Father?
4. Who was the last person to see the Canon at the hotel?
5. Which character is dead?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Elvira react when Father asks her about previous murder attempts? Discuss at least one of the attempts on Elvira's life.
2. What comes out of the interview with Bertram's owners? What does Davy learn?
3. Discuss the interview Father has with Malinowski. How does Malinowski react to seeing the gun? What does Father learn about Malinowski's relationships to Elvira and Lady Sedgwick?
4. How was Gorman allegedly shot? What was the man trying to do?
5. What story did Elvira tell Father that is denied by Bridget? What is your opinion on why Elvira may have lied?
6. What does Davy learn about Pennyfather's return? What step is taken next?
7. What occurs while Father is speaking with Miss Marple in the lounge? What does Father find outside the hotel?
8. Who does Miss Marple see while she is out at the park? What does she attempt to do? Is she successful?
9. What seems to be odd about the information received from the employees at Bertram's?
10. Discuss Davy's interview with Miss Marple. What information did she supply to Father?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Chief Inspector Fred Davy works at Scotland Yard. What is Davy's job? Why is he referred to as "Father?" Write a biography on Davy. Also explain the purpose of Scotland Yard and why it appears in most British crime novels.
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
Explain the connection of the robbery of the Irish train near Bedhampton, Bertram's Hotel and the presence of Malinowski's car at the crime scenes. How were the robberies related to Bertram's Hotel? Who was responsible? How did Father figure it out?
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