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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rhoda tease Anne about?
(a) Maj. Despard.
(b) Mr. Battle.
(c) Miss Burgess.
(d) Mrs. Oliver.

2. What objects does Mrs. Lorrimer describe to Poirot?
(a) Rugs and couches.
(b) Tables and chairs.
(c) Paintings and vases.
(d) Flowers and Oriental pictures.

3. What does the author tell us about Poirot?
(a) He is ridiculous.
(b) He is agile.
(c) He is overweight.
(d) He is slow.

4. Who visits Dr. Roberts in Chapter 9?
(a) Mrs. Oliver and Col. Race.
(b) Superintendent Battle and Hercule Poirot.
(c) Shaitana and Poirot.
(d) Maj. Depard and Mrs. Lorrimer.

5. How does the author leave the reader feeling about Poirot and criminals by the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Poirot is afraid of criminals.
(b) Poirot cannot catch criminals.
(c) Poirot loves criminals.
(d) Poirot is a criminal himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only person that Poirot has not yet questioned by the end of Chapter 19?

2. Where did Miss Meredith meet Shaitana?

3. What does Major Despard say that the wife of his employer did that killed her husband?

4. Where do the four sleuths arrive in Chapter 2?

5. Who does Poirot question in the same style as he did with Mrs. Lorrimer?

(see the answer key)

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