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1. The name Mary Delafontaine appears twice in Christie's works - once in 'How Does Your Garden Grow?' and once in which novel as the name of a possible murder victim?
2. 'The Mystery of The Blue Train' is a longer version of a short story called 'The Plymouth Express' which shares key plot points. In 'The Mystery of the Blue Train' the victim's surname is Kettering but what is the surname of the victim in 'The Plymouth Express'?
3. In two short stories the solution to the crime hinges on the sound of a gong. In both stories, Poirot is summoned by an autocratic rich man only to find that his host has been murdered and the family is in shock at the apparent lateness of their head of household to dinner. One of the stories is called, naturally enough, 'The Second Gong' but what is the name of the other story that shares so many plot points?
4. One Christie short story bears a striking similarity to the novel 'Sparkling Cyanide'. In the novel, a young woman apparently commits suicide at her birthday party in front of her appalled guests. A year later her husband dies at a party involving the very same guests. Which short story has a very similar plot line?
5. 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd' is famous for having the narrator as murderer (or vice versa). Which other Christie novel shares this narrative choice and has the narrator confess to the murders at the end of the story?
6. Which two short stories share this plot? A clever and ambitious man holds a house party to which a woman suspected of being a spy is invited. Whilst the host is walking along a terrace outside the house with a friend, crucial papers disappear from the study when the secretary leaves the room because of a maid's cries. In both stories, Poirot solves the case - it's the host!
7. Which Miss Marple short story shares the same basic plot as 'Endless Night'? In both, the husband is responsible for the death of his young bride who apparently dies after falling off a horse. An unpleasant elderly woman appears in both stories and provides a useful scapegoat for the two-faced husband.
8. Which doctor makes an appearance in just two of Christie's works: 'The Dream' and 'Third Girl'? In the former he rings Poirot to investigate Benedict Farley's suicide and in the latter he acts as a physician to the troubled Norma Restarick.
9. The characters of Rhoda Dawes and Major Despard appear in two Christie novels (which do not share many other characteristics). One is 'Cards on the Table' but what is the other?
10. Which novel mirrors the plot of 'How Does Your Garden Grow?' in one crucial way: Poirot's receiving of a letter from the elderly murder victim explaining that they would like his help but would appreciate discretion. In both cases the letter says almost nothing of any use and it is only his honed detective skill that keeps Poirot from throwing the letter away and in both cases Poirot finds the writer of the letter is dead on beginning his investigation.
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