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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 does Poirot express concern over?

2. Who has to leave a little after midnight to go home?

3. Who does Despard think is a good player?

4. What do the sleuths sort through in order to identify the murderer?

5. How does Dr. Roberts rate himself as a card player?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the process of setting up the investigation, what is discovered about Shaitana's intentions?

2. What are Mrs. Oliver's conclusions and how do the other sleuths respond, if at all?

3. Why does Rhoda call upon Mrs. Oliver?

4. What does Major Despard's story of the incident in the Amazon reveal about himself?

5. Why did Mrs. Lorrimer protect Miss Meredith? Explain with details from the text.

6. How does Poirot outwit the doctor and get more information out of Dr. Roberts than he wants to give?

7. When Shaitana is discovered to be dead, who is possibly implicated in the crime by proximity?

8. What is the shocking revelation that Poirot has about Mrs. Lorrimer and Miss Meredith?

9. Why is Battle suspicious of Anne?

10. What are Poirot's deductions of the bridge players?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe some of the settings for Cards on the Table. What is the overall setting? Be sure to include geography, time period and any pertinent popular culture events. Why did the author choose to use these places in the book?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses more than one iteration on the motif of life-death-life. Identify at least two motifs about life-death-life in the book. Then, cite an example to support each answer.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of greed. Identify at least two themes about greed in the book. Then, cite an example to support each theme you name.

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