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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. To what astronomical body does Jackie compare Linnet?
2. What alibi does Fleetwood offer in chapter 15?
3. Why does Jackie claim Simon fell in love with Linnet?
4. What is bigamy?
5. What does Jackie de Bellefort say to Poirot in chapter 11 after watching Simon and Linnet together?
Short Essay Questions
1. In chapter 16, Race and Poirot interview Miss van Schuyler. Who does Miss van Schuyler claim she saw throwing something overboard the night of the murder? What does this imply about the person in question?
2. In chapter 15, what common thing do three of the passengers report hearing about the time of the murder? What does this cause Poirot to believe happened just after the murder?
3. What is the most significant thing about the character of Linnet Ridgeway as she is introduced in chapter 1?
4. What does Linnet ask Poirot to do in regards to Jackie in chapter 4? What does Poirot tell Linnet he will do?
5. In chapter 9, what is odd about Mrs. Otterbourne's behavior?
6. In chapter 5, what does Jackie tell Poirot about her relationship with Simon?
7. In chapter 12, why does Jackie insist that Cornelia remain in the salon long after Cornelia would have preferred to retire to her own room? What happens?
8. In chapter 9, Mr. Pennington attempts to have Linnet sign some legal papers for him? What does Linnet do that annoys Mr. Pennington? How does Simon say he would do things differently?
9. What does Jackie show Poirot in chapter 5? What is significant about this item?
10. In chapter 16, what does the manager of the cruise ship show to Poirot? Where was it found?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is Linnet Ridgeway? What is Wode Hall? How have the local people reacted to Linnet's purchase of Wode Hall? What plans does Linnet have for Wode Hall? How has moving to this small village changed Linnet's life? Who is Joanna? What do Linnet and Joanna discuss in the first chapter of the book? How is this significant? Who is Linnet supposedly going to marry? How does Linnet feel about this proposed marriage? Why is this future marriage important to both families?
Essay Topic 2
Why does Poirot focus on Linnet's missing pearls in the investigation? Where are the pearls initially discovered? What does this reveal about Miss Van Schuyler? What does Poirot notice about the recovered pearls? What does he feel is significant about this? Who does it turn out stole the real pearls? For what reason? Who put this person up to the theft? For what reason? Why does Poirot agree to allow this thief to go free? How does this impact the future of the thief? How does this impact a relationship between the thief and a potential new lover?
Essay Topic 3
Who is Jackie? What happened to Jackie's family money? Why is this significant? Who is Simon? How does Jackie feel about Simon? What does Poirot overhear Jackie and Simon talking about? What does Poirot take from this conversation? How does Jackie know Linnet? Why does Jackie go to Linnet for help? What kind of help does Jackie ask for? What is Linnet's response? What does this say about the relationship between Jackie and Linnet?
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