Cards on the Table Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Cards on the Table Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. When the four sleuths enter the other room to say goodnight, what do they see?

2. What does Poirot ask Mrs. Lorrimer to tell him about the night of the murder?

3. What does Shaitana say that doctors have?

4. What does Shaitana say is his preferred method of murder?

5. Who asks Dr. Roberts how well he knew his host and his companions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about Poirot's method of investigation?

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

3. How does Poirot's analysis of Dr. Roberts vary from that of Miss Meredith?

4. Why did Mrs. Lorrimer protect Miss Meredith? Explain with details from the text.

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

6. How does Mrs. Lorrimer remain in character as Poirot expects?

7. What does Mrs. Lorrimer's memory about the room at Shaitana's party reveal about her?

8. What two things about Rhoda irritate Anne?

9. How did Mrs. Lorrimer interact with Shaitana that night at his party?

10. What is the shocking revelation that Poirot has about Mrs. Lorrimer and Miss Meredith?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the detecting techniques of the four sleuths; cover how they each approach the murder and whether their intuitions were correct. Who actually solves the murders, and how?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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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