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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose room is discovered to be empty in the middle of the night?
(a) Vera's.
(b) Lombard's.
(c) Blore's.
(d) Armstrong's.

2. When does Lombard usually wake up?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Dawn.
(c) 9 A.M.
(d) 5:15 A.M.

3. Who does Vera believe to be the killer?
(a) Armstrong.
(b) Blore.
(c) An evil spirit.
(d) Lombard.

4. What is in Vera's room that she had never noticed before?
(a) A knife.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A big black hook.
(d) A telephone.

5. Who had brought a syringe to the house?
(a) Emily.
(b) Armstrong.
(c) Lombard.
(d) Blore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blore take with him when he leaves his room?

2. What does Blore say to do after locking the doors?

3. When the guests go down for breakfast, how many Indian figurines are on the table?

4. What kind of animal is Vera said to resemble?

5. Where was Rogers' body found?

Short Essay Questions

1. What really happened to Cyril?

2. Who is given the keys to the silver chest?

3. Why does Lombard believe that he will survive and Blore won't?

4. How does Emily interpret the poem's reference to a "red herring?"

5. How does Lombard suggest signaling for help?

6. What did Morris tell the people of Sticklehaven?

7. What romantic notion inspires the author of the manuscript's method of confession?

8. Describe Blore's appearance.

9. What does Vera find when she returns to her room?

10. Why does Blore bring everybody outside?

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