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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the train stop in the night?
(a) Budapest
(b) Bologna
(c) Belgrade
(d) Belarus

2. Where does Poirot board the train?
(a) Syria
(b) Siberia
(c) Sicily
(d) Salerno

3. What is the Count's native country?
(a) Canada
(b) Syria
(c) Hungary
(d) Brazil

4. What is Poirot's native country?
(a) Luxembourg
(b) Portugal
(c) Belgium
(d) France

5. How did Poirot learn of the connection to Daisy Armstrong?
(a) A note
(b) Suspect's confession
(c) Lucky guess
(d) Conductor told him

Short Answer Questions

1. The Countess' housecoat is the color of what object?

2. Who is the only person to admit to smoking a pipe?

3. What crime did Cassetti commit?

4. How was the victim killed?

5. What unusual characteristic does the supposed attacker have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Poirot's reaction to Ratchett?

2. How does Colonel Arbuthnot react when Poirot questions him about Miss Debenham?

3. What was the important information Mrs. Hubbard had to share with a person in authority?

4. What is Ratchett's purpose for wanting protection from Poirot?

5. Why was Ratchett's response considered to be strange?

6. What items did Poirot collect for examination?

7. How does Bouc describe Michel?

8. What was unusual about the Count's passport?

9. What is Ratchett's reaction when he realizes that Poirot is now his neighbor?

10. What item was found that backed up Mrs. Hubbard's story?

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