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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Shaitana invite the four suspects?
(a) He wanted to fool them into making a mistake.
(b) He was trying to scare them into confession.
(c) He was hoping to see Poirot at work.
(d) He thought they had all committed a murder in their past.

2. How does the second interview go?
(a) More slowly than the first.
(b) More quickly than the first.
(c) Ends abruptly.
(d) It is delayed.

3. In the room where Mrs. Oliver is seated, whom is she partnered with?
(a) Hercule Poirot.
(b) Colonel Race.
(c) Major Despard.
(d) Miss Meredith.

4. Who is Mrs. Lorrimer partnered with?
(a) Major Despard.
(b) Colonel Race.
(c) Hercule Poirot.
(d) Miss Meredith.

5. How can vital clues be found from suspects, according to Poirot?
(a) Digging into their pasts.
(b) Interrogating them till dawn.
(c) Wire-tapping their homes.
(d) Torturing them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Lorrimer talk to about wood fires during the night of the murder?

2. Who is seated by the fire?

3. Who is the second person that Superintendent Battle calls for?

4. How many times does Lorrimer talk to Shaitana during the night of the murder?

5. Who is Superintendent Battle partnered with?

(see the answer key)

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