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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Poirot think Shaitana sealed his fate?
(a) By talking about murder options.
(b) By making fun of the murderer.
(c) By challenging the murderer to a duel.
(d) By saying he wanted to die.

2. What do each of the four sleuths reveal a preference for in Chapter 8?
(a) Crime scene notes.
(b) Boudoir selections.
(c) Interviewing suspects.
(d) Investigative techniques.

3. In the room where Mrs. Oliver is seated, whom is she partnered with?
(a) Miss Meredith.
(b) Colonel Race.
(c) Hercule Poirot.
(d) Major Despard.

4. What about Anne Meredith makes her an obvious target?
(a) Her inability to keep a steady gaze and her fear.
(b) Her youth and seeming lack of sophistication.
(c) Her willingness to argue and her nervous nature.
(d) Her poverty and her falsehoods.

5. Why did Shaitana invite the four suspects?
(a) He was hoping to see Poirot at work.
(b) He was trying to scare them into confession.
(c) He wanted to fool them into making a mistake.
(d) He thought they had all committed a murder in their past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the first sleuth tell that Anne and her employer are guilty of the murder?

2. Who does Lorrimer think is a cautious player?

3. Who visits Dr. Roberts before getting inoculations to go abroad?

4. By Chapter 8, how many people has the murderer killed, according to the sleuths?

5. Who has to leave a little after midnight to go home?

(see the answer key)

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