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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Poirot refuse to do in Linnet's name, but agrees to do as a matter of courtesy?
(a) He will contact a lawyer for her.
(b) He will speak to Jackie.
(c) He will provide her with a gun.
(d) He will speak to a friend at Scotland Yard.

2. In what point of view is the novel written?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) Second person.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) First person.

3. Whose gun was found in the river by ship's personnel in chapter 16?
(a) Mr. Pennington's.
(b) Jackie's.
(c) Mr. Richetti's.
(d) Mr. Ferguson's.

4. Who does Dr. Bessner mention in chapter 14 might have had a grudge against Linnet Doyle?
(a) Mr. Allerton.
(b) Miss van Schuyler.
(c) Mr. Ferguson.
(d) An engineer on the ship.

5. Who does Poirot say in chapter 7 governs the affairs of life and death?
(a) Governments.
(b) The police.
(c) Individuals.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Mrs. Otterbourne often wear that many passengers note throughout the novel, including in chapter 7?

2. In chapter 5, where does Poirot tell Jackie he has seen her previously?

3. In chapter 20, what is the main bit of gossip as the passengers gather for lunch?

4. At what table does Mrs. Allerton note in chapter 7 Jackie de Bellefort has been placed?

5. In chapter 13, how bad does Dr. Bessner say Simon Doyle's gunshot wound is?

(see the answer key)

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