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Identifiez les personnages

principaux.

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 Pourquoi la femme semble-t-elle
troublée en répondant à son fils ?

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 Justifiez les paroles
d’Hercule Poirot : « tout ce
qui luit n’est pas or » en vous
appuyant sur le texte.

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 De quels serments parle-t-il ?

Qui est la femme en pleure ?

Pourquoi pleure-t-elle ?

« Simon, Linnet, quelle

heureuse surprise ! » Comment
qualiferiez-vous ces paroles ?

Ressituer les personnages

principaux. Quels liens les unis
entre eux ?

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 Que signifie : « à malin, malin et
demi » ? De qui s’agit-il ?

De quelle coïncidence
Hecule Poirot parle-t-il ?

Que demande-t-on à Hercule

Poirot ? Qui le lui demande ?

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 Imaginez une réponse à la question
de Linnet : « comment a-t-elle pu
le savoir ? »

Pourquoi Tim trouve-t-il

Hercule Poirot antipathique.

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 Quels documents Linnet doit-
elle signer ?

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 De quel enfantillage H.
Poirot parle-t-il à cet instant u
récit ?

Pourquoi H. Poirot
n’entend-il pas le drame ?

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 Qu’est-ce qui est curieux aux yeux
d’H.Poirot ?

Que recherchent-il et pourquoi ?

A cet instant du récit, qui sont

les suspects ? Quels sont leur
mobile et leur alibi ?

Que signifie la remarque d’H

Poirot : « selon toute
vraissamblance » ? A quelle
autre remarque fait-elle référence ?

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 Pourquoi la dame semble-t-elle
surprise ? Qui est-elle ?
Qu’est-ce qui la surprend ?

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 Pourquoi la femme de ménage
parle avec des « si » ? Quel temps
de conjugaison utilise-t-elle et
pourquoi ?

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 Que révèle le Colonel en
rapportant ici les paroles « … quand
on me dit de signer, je signe. »

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 Les paroles de la dames
corresponent-elles aux premières
dites au début de l’’histoire ?

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 « Bizarre », justifiez la
remarque d’Hercule Poirot.

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 Pourquoi Tim intrigue-t-il
Hercule Poirot ?

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 Que remarque Hercule
Poirot ?

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 Pourquoi la femme de chambre
est-t-elle morte ?

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 Pourquoi Hercule Poirot
soupçonne-t-il le docteur ? Quel
serait son mobile ?

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 Si Pennington n’est pas le
coupable, qui est-ce ?

Qui est le meurtrier ?

Faites le portrait psychologique

des suspects.

… Stoppez la lecture du récit à ce

niveau …

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