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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. How does Armstrong believe Emily was killed?
(a) With a knife.
(b) With poison.
(c) With a hypodermic syringe.
(d) With a gun.

2. Who declines to help clear the table "out of giddiness?"
(a) Lombard.
(b) Emily.
(c) Vera.
(d) Blore.

3. What was the woman that Armstrong killed suffering from?
(a) Ulcers.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Peritonitis.

4. What does Blore think he can locate?
(a) U.N. Owen.
(b) The missing yarn.
(c) The missing curtain.
(d) The weapon used to kill Emily.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Lombard usually wake up?

2. What does Vera not notice that she has dropped?

3. What other trait did the author of the manuscript have besides a lust for killing?

4. How does Vera get the revolver?

5. What animal does Vera compare Lombard's face to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Vera's opinion of the idea that Lombard might be the killer?

2. What is the Judge's appearance when he is found dead?

3. What did Morris tell the people of Sticklehaven?

4. Who is Mr. Morris?

5. What really happened to Cyril?

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

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

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

9. Why does Blore think that Emily might be guilty?

10. What makes Vera feel relief?

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