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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Major Despard hired to accompany to the Amazon jungle?

2. What is Maj. Despard able to recall about the objects in the room during the night of the murder?

3. What does Rhoda tell the sleuth about Anne's former employer?

4. What does Major Despard say that the wife of his employer did that killed her husband?

5. What mystery surrounds Major Despard's employer's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What specifically did Poirot do to evaluate Miss Meredith's character? Why was this important? Would Poirot have been able to prevent any murders? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Both Hercule Poirot and Superintendent Battle are important characters.

Part 1) Compare Poirot to the Superintendent Battle. How are these two characters similar and how are they different?

Part 2) What psychological purpose or insight does Poirot offer? Elaborate on this.

Part 3) Poirot offers to examine the past of the murder suspects. What is implied in this decision, and how does it reveal that the murder motive is connected to the past of the murderer and not the present circumstances alone?

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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