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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 does Miss Meredith indirectly point the finger at as a possible murderer?

2. What do the four sleuths decide they must appear to be investigating, by the end of Chapter 8?

3. By Chapter 8, how many people has the murderer killed, according to the sleuths?

4. What does the doctor give to the sleuth while leaving on his rounds?

5. What does the sleuth find in Dr. Roberts' files?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reference of "walking into the cage of a tiger" seem to imply?

2. How does Meredith seem to implicate Mrs. Lorrimer as the murderer?

3. When Poirot realizes that Mrs. Lorrimer has an exceptional memory, what else does he understood about her?

4. How does Dr. Roberts respond to Battle's questioning?

5. What does Mrs. Lorrimer say about the behavior of men versus women that night at Shaitana's party?

6. What two things about Rhoda irritate Anne?

7. What did Poirot achieve through his psychological analysis of the murder suspects?

8. Describe Rhoda Dawes.

9. What has Race discovered about Major Despard's past?

10. What does Elsie reveal about Dr. Roberts that makes him a prime murder suspect?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Miss Lorimer and Anne are two intriguing characters.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist, and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Lorrimer had a direct influence upon? What are some events that Anne had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the detecting techniques of the four sleuths; cover how they each approach the murder and whether their intuitions were correct. Who actually solves the murders, and how?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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