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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shaitana discuss with his dinner guests about sleeping sickness?
(a) His own suffering.
(b) Treatments.
(c) Epidemic.
(d) Fears.

2. What does Shaitana say is his preferred method of murder?
(a) Poison.
(b) Strangling.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Shooting accident.

3. Who does Shaitana say he will invite to his event?
(a) Prostitutes and hoodlums.
(b) Thieves and brothel owners.
(c) Singers and dancers.
(d) Murderers and detectives.

4. Who are the four sleuths?
(a) Major Despard, Mr. Shaitana, Anne Meredith, and Dr. Roberts.
(b) Hercule Poirot, Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, Superintendent Battle, and Colonel Race.
(c) Hercule Poirot, Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, Mrs. Lorrimer, and Major Despard.
(d) Dr. Roberts, Major Despard, Mrs. Lorrimer, and Anne Meredith.

5. What does Poirot say about Shaitana's plan?
(a) It is stupid.
(b) It is exciting.
(c) It is dangerous.
(d) It is expensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author leave the reader feeling about Poirot and criminals by the end of Chapter 1?

2. Who is Dr. Roberts paired with?

3. Who is seated by the fire?

4. What does Shaitana say that doctors have?

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

(see the answer key)

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