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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the doctor notice about Miss Meredith's hands while playing bridge?
(a) They are fat and chubby.
(b) They have knots from arthritis.
(c) They shook.
(d) They are long and tapered.

2. Based on Mr. Shaitana's comments at dinner, what does Poirot think the murderer's motivation was?
(a) Accidental.
(b) Long-sought revenge.
(c) Driven by lust.
(d) Spur of the moment.

3. Who is cheerful and ebullient in nature, and seems an unlikely murder suspect?
(a) Major Despard.
(b) Mrs. Ariadne Oliver.
(c) Colonel Race.
(d) Dr. Roberts.

4. Who is Dr. Roberts' secretary?
(a) Mrs. Oliver.
(b) Mr. Craddock.
(c) Miss Burgess.
(d) Miss Meredith.

5. What does Superintendent Battle ask Poirot after the second interview?
(a) Why he does not take their fingerprints.
(b) Why he does not lock them up.
(c) Why he asks people about the bridge game.
(d) Why he does not get a search warrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did Dr. Roberts leave his table on the night of the murder?

2. Who tells Mrs. Oliver that in real life they must approach the process differently instead of going on instinct?

3. What is Mrs. Lorrimer able to describe in minute detail to Poirot?

4. Who does Despard think is a good player?

5. What do the sleuths lack when they ask to search through the doctor's files?

(see the answer key)

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