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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has to leave a little after midnight to go home?
(a) Miss Meredith.
(b) Hercule Poirot.
(c) Major Despard.
(d) Colonel Race.

2. How does Poirot think Meredith could be capable of murder?
(a) If she is hurt or raped.
(b) If she is forced to do something she does not like.
(c) If she is caught in another crime.
(d) If she is forced to live in poverty.

3. Who does Despard think is a good player?
(a) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(b) Col. Race.
(c) Dr. Roberts.
(d) Miss Meredith.

4. Who is cheerful and ebullient in nature, and seems an unlikely murder suspect?
(a) Major Despard.
(b) Colonel Race.
(c) Mrs. Ariadne Oliver.
(d) Dr. Roberts.

5. What do the sleuths lack when they ask to search through the doctor's files?
(a) A notebook.
(b) A search warrant.
(c) A tape recorder.
(d) A magnifying lens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is assigned to go visit the widow of Maj. Despard's former employer?

2. How does Major Despard claim to have saved his employer from drowning?

3. What does Shaitana say that doctors have?

4. Who apparently killed Mr. Craddock?

5. Who does Mrs. Oliver immediately think is the murderer in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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