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1. The title of the novel refers to a line from the poem "The Lady of Shalott", which is frequently quoted in the story. Who was the author of this poem?
2. "The Mirror Crack'd" was the last mystery to take place in St. Mary Mead.
3. The murder takes place at Gossington Hall, the former home of Dolly Bantry and her late husband Arthur. It is now the home of actress Marina Gregg and her husband, film director Jason Rudd. What earlier murder mystery had involved Gossington Hall?
4. What tragic historical character had been Marina Gregg's greatest movie role?
5. Marina Gregg had suffered a complete emotional collapse after long-awaited birth of her child, who was born mentally retarded. Marina, it develops, had contracted Rubella (German Measles) during her pregnancy; she discovers at the reception at Gossington Hall that she had contracted it from Heather Badcock. This plot device actually happened to a real-life actress, who also battled mental illness and depression much of her life; who was she?
6. In this novel, Miss Marple has aquired an insufferably patronizing and over-solicitous live-in female companion. What is her name?
7. Much of the novel is spent in discussion of the strange look that came over Marina Gregg's face shortly before the murder. Who, or what was Marina looking at when this happened?
8. Which of these characters turns out to have been Marina Gregg's adopted daughter, whom she had abandoned when she became pregnant?
9. An overdose of what drug was used to commit the crime?
10. Which character is found to have fired a gun at someone in the past?
11. Ella Zielinsky, the Rudd's social secretary, unwisely decides to play detective and try to flush out the murderer by calling various suspects and telling them (in a whisper) that she saw them do it. Unfortunately for her, she inadvertantly betrays herself when she calls the actual murderer. What does she do to give herself away?
12. Gladys Dixon, the dressmaker, was an important witness on the day of the murder; she had noticed that Marina had jogged Heather's arm deliberately, causing her to spill her drink. Near the end of the novel, it is revealed that Miss Marple had given Gladys some money and told her to go on holiday in Bournemouth. Why?
13. Who eventually provides Miss Marple with the most important clue; the name of the ailment Heather said she was suffering from when she met Marina all those years ago?
14. Miss Marple persuades Jason Rudd to reveal the truth to the police after Marina's death by revealing that an innocent person has been arrested for the crime. Who is it?
15. At the end of the novel, one is left with the impression that Miss Marple may let a murderer go unpunished.
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