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Evil Under The Sun Chapter 8

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the smell in Rosamond’s room?

a)

Expensive Perfume

b)

Fresh Flowers

c)

Spicy Food

d)

Strong Chemicals

2.

According to his letter, what did Arlena give JM to keep him out of prison?

a)

An Alibi

b)

Her Testimony

c)

A check

d)

An expensive pearl necklace

3.

What did Poriot find in the fireplace in Linda’s room?

a)

A Love Letter

b)

Candle Wax

c)

A Photograph

d)

A Belt Buckle

4.

According to the maid, what time did Mr Marshall come up to his room?

a)

9:00

b)

9:30

c)

10:00

d)

10:30

5.

What creepy thing did JM say at the end of his letter?

a)

You're mine--always

b)

I know where you are staying

c)

You can't get away from me

d)

I know who you really are

6.

What did the book that was shoved behind the other books in Linda's room look like?

a)

Large faded, green, leather bound volume

b)

Small brown calf bound volume

c)

Small black book, sewn together with red string

d)

Large crisp leather bound with golf leaf letters

7.

What was the reason the chambermaid couldn’t hear typing from Mr. Marshall for the entire period in question?

a)

His door was closed

b)

She was listening to music with headphones

c)

She was cleaning on another floor

d)

She left to have breakfast

8.

What happened in the hotel at 12 o’clock that was odd?

a)

Someone was having a bath

b)

A cannon went off

c)

The broken clock in the north tower chimed

d)

A woman screamed once and then it was completely silent

9.

How did the maid describe Arlena?

a)

She was a beautiful woman

b)

She was a sweet woman deep down

c)

She wasn't a lady, she was an actress

d)

She was a greedy, evil woman

10.

Whose room did Gladys Narcott check, but couldn’t tell if anything was missing or not?

a)

Arlena Marshall's

b)

Christine Redfern's

c)

Rosamund Darnley's

d)

Linda Marshall's

11.

How was Kenneth Marshall's typing alibi proven to be true (Besides Miss Darnley)?

a)

He was seen by the maid

b)

The typed letter was in answer to another letter that had just arrived.

c)

He was heard by Christine Redfern

d)

He talked to Major Barry

12.

Why did Miss Darnley claim to make a quick trip back to the hotel?

a)

To get her sun glasses

b)

To get another book

c)

To get suntan lotion

d)

To get breakfast

13.

What time did Miss Darnley claim to have looked in on Kenneth Marshall?

a)

10:45 AM

b)

11:10 AM

c)

11:15 AM

d)

11:20 AM

14.

What reason does Inspector Colgate give for Miss Darnley lying about seeing Mr. Marshall?

a)

Because she loves Kenneth Marshall

b)

To give herself an alibi

c)

To explain why she didn't see anybody from the cliff

d)

To help out with the investigation

15.

Why does Weston not accept Colgate’s scenario of Darnley killing Arlena?

a)

It was a man who killed Arlena

b)

Darnley had a cast iron alibi

c)

Darnley was too nice to kill anyone

d)

Darnley was afraid of the ocean

16.

What three things does Colgate want timed?

a)

Distance from the hotel to the ladder, Going down and up the ladder, Distance from gull cove to Pixie Cove

b)

Distance from the hotel to the ladder, Going down and up the ladder, Distance on a float from the bathing beach to Pixie Cove

c)

Distance from the Bathing Beach to Pixie Cove, Going down and up the ladder, Distance from gull cove to Pixie Cove

d)

Distance from the hotel to the ladder, Distance on a float from the bathing beach to Pixie Cove, Distance from gull cove to Pixie Cove

17.

What did Mrs. Castle say happened around 1:00?

a)

A man and a woman came to the hotel for lunch

b)

The old clock tower clock struck 12:00

c)

Reverend snuck in the back door and ran up to his room

d)

Emily Brewster came down all wet from a bath

18.

What did Reverend Lane remind Poirot was the subject of their previous conversation?

a)

The danger of women

b)

The control of sin

c)

The beginnings of downfall of man

d)

The reality of evil

19.

What does Lane say will prove where he was when Arlena was murdered?

a)

He wrote his name in the book at the church

b)

He had lunch with the local vicar

c)

He bought medicine in the local drug store and talked to the pharmacist.

d)

He had a pic-nic lunch with a young woman

20.

What is Lane’s opinion of Arlena?

a)

She was a beautiful and wonderful actress

b)

She was a victim of jealous women

c)

She was evil

d)

She was shrewd and cold