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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hercule Poirot do for a living?
(a) He is an opera guide.
(b) He is a policeman.
(c) He is a detective.
(d) He is retired.

2. Who is the second person that Superintendent Battle calls for?
(a) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(b) Col. Race.
(c) Miss Meredith.
(d) Dr. Roberts.

3. How long does it take after the body of the murdered victim in Chapter 3 is removed for the sleuths to begin investigating?
(a) An hour.
(b) Thirty minutes.
(c) Ten minutes.
(d) Five hours.

4. Who does Shaitana cleverly arrange at the table?
(a) Murder suspects.
(b) Younger victims.
(c) Detectives.
(d) Older victims.

5. Who approaches Shaitana to say goodbye?
(a) Race and Poirot.
(b) Miss Meredith and Mrs. Lorrimer.
(c) Superintendent Battle and Mrs. Lorrimer.
(d) Major Despard and Miss Oliver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author tell us about Poirot?

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

3. Whose testimony does Mrs. Lorrimer confirm?

4. Who is lovely, genteel, and elderly in Chapter 2?

5. In the room where Mrs. Oliver is seated, whom is she partnered with?

(see the answer key)

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