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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. How does Dr. Roberts rate himself as a card player?

2. What does Shaitana ridicule about Poirot?

3. What does the author tell us about Poirot?

4. Who approaches Shaitana to say goodbye?

5. What objects does Mrs. Lorrimer describe to Poirot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the trap that Poirot leaves for Anne?

2. How does Poirot outwit the doctor and get more information out of Dr. Roberts than he wants to give?

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

4. What about Mrs. Lorrimer's personality prevents her from being the murderer?

5. What does Anne recall from the night of the murder to Poirot?

6. What does Mrs. Lorrimer say in response to Battle's questions about Shaitana and the other guests?

7. How do the four sleuths vary in their investigative styles?

8. Describe Shaitana.

9. When Shaitana is discovered to be dead, who is possibly implicated in the crime by proximity?

10. What two things about Rhoda irritate Anne?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Is Mr. Shaitana's dinner party an ill-advised attempt to study the mind of a murderer? Discuss Shaitana's motivation for the party.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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