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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 invite Poirot to attend?
(a) A theater performance.
(b) A film event.
(c) A dance.
(d) A dinner party.

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

3. Where does Shaitana go and sit after everyone is paired up?
(a) By the bridge table.
(b) By the bar.
(c) By the fire.
(d) By the black box.

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

5. Who turns out to be dead by the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Major Despard.
(b) Shaitana.
(c) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(d) Miss Meredith.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Poirot say about Shaitana's plan?

3. Who approaches Shaitana to say goodbye?

4. Who is cheerful and ebullient in nature, and seems an unlikely murder suspect?

5. Where is the Wessex House located?

(see the answer key)

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