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AUTHOR’S FORWARD AND CHAPTER 1
Reading Check
1. What event in Agatha Christie’s life inspired the novel?
2. Who is Linnet Ridgeway’s best friend?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Who introduces Simon Doyle to Linnet? What is their motivation in introducing him to her?
CHAPTERS 2-4
Reading Check
1. Where is the Cataract Hotel?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Why does Rosalie remark that “It isn’t fair” (Chapter 2, Page 58) when she sees Linnet and Simon?
2. Why does Poirot say Linnet is so upset that Jackie is following her and Simon?
Paired Resource
“How European Tourism All Began”
CHAPTERS 5-7
Reading Check
1. Whom does Simon hope to avoid by being secretive about his true plans to board the steamer Karnak?
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And Then There Were None
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A Pocket Full of Rye
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Crooked House
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Murder at the Vicarage
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Murder on the Orient Express
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Poirot Investigates
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The ABC Murders
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The Mousetrap
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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The Pale Horse
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Witness for the Prosecution
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