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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men do during the bridge game that is different from the women?
(a) Smoke and laugh a lot.
(b) Steal and fight.
(c) Belch and fart.
(d) Poke the fire and get drinks.

2. How does Shaitana respond to Poirot's opinion of his plan?
(a) He gets angry about it.
(b) He agrees with it.
(c) He dismisses it.
(d) He gets excited about it.

3. Who is Dr. Roberts paired with?
(a) Major Despard.
(b) Colonel Race.
(c) Hercule Poirot.
(d) Miss Meredith.

4. When asked who he suspects, who does Dr. Roberts think is the murderer?
(a) Race.
(b) Poirot.
(c) Despard.
(d) Meredith.

5. How does Dr. Roberts rate himself as a card player?
(a) Safe.
(b) Sound.
(c) Over-bids.
(d) First-rate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dr. Roberts rate Miss Meredith as a card player?

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

3. How does the second interview go?

4. What does Lorrimer do when she sees the stiletto?

5. How long does it take after the body of the murdered victim in Chapter 3 is removed for the sleuths to begin investigating?

(see the answer key)

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