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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of flowers were on the dinner table?
(a) Lilies.
(b) Roses.
(c) Crocuses.
(d) Hyacinths.

2. Who had just made a phone call to the doctor's residence?
(a) Davenheim.
(b) Foscatini.
(c) Yardly.
(d) Valdano.

3. How many people had supposedly dined with the dead man on the day previous?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. Who receives credit for solving the case of the missing jewels?
(a) Japp.
(b) Police.
(c) Poirot.
(d) Hastings.

5. What does Poirot receive for his work on the case of the jewel robbery?
(a) Diamond watch.
(b) Antique pen.
(c) Cheque.
(d) Nothing.

6. Which policeman are Hastings and Poirot waiting for at the beginning of the story?
(a) Harmon.
(b) Japp.
(c) Daniels.
(d) Dodge.

7. Which Williard is still on the scene of the excavation when Poirot arrives?
(a) Guy.
(b) Gerard.
(c) Godfrey.
(d) Geoffrey.

8. What is the name of the woman's maid?
(a) Corrinne.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Celestine.
(d) Chelsea.

9. What is the title of the person making the phone call?
(a) Prime Minister.
(b) Count.
(c) Viscount.
(d) Baron.

10. Who has become suspicious of the deaths and has hired Poirot to investigate the case?
(a) Esmee Hardt.
(b) Lady Williard.
(c) Baroness Harper.
(d) Lydia Tosswill.

11. What was the name of the military officer that was accompanying the Prime Minister at the time of the kidnapping?
(a) AArthur.
(b) Markham.
(c) MacAdam.
(d) Daniels.

12. What kind of building is the Grand Metropolitan?
(a) Hotel.
(b) Theater.
(c) Museum.
(d) Opera house.

13. Mr. Davenheim disappeared at what location?
(a) Train station.
(b) His office.
(c) The chemist's.
(d) His house.

14. Where was the upcoming event scheduled to be held?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Marseilles.
(d) Knightsbridge.

15. What item was returned to the drawer where the necklace was originally kept?
(a) Calling card.
(b) Imitation.
(c) Case.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of the husband?

2. What kind of chemical was used to subdue Daniels during the kidnapping?

3. With whom are the men discussing the poison?

4. What is the surname of the dead man's valet?

5. Whose tomb was being excavated at the time of the deaths?

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