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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Poirot think about Major Despard's playing?
(a) He likes an immediate picture.
(b) He is demanding and controlling.
(c) He is wishy-washy.
(d) He is afraid of losing.

2. How can vital clues be found from suspects, according to Poirot?
(a) Digging into their pasts.
(b) Wire-tapping their homes.
(c) Torturing them.
(d) Interrogating them till dawn.

3. In the room where Mrs. Oliver is seated, whom is she partnered with?
(a) Major Despard.
(b) Colonel Race.
(c) Hercule Poirot.
(d) Miss Meredith.

4. What is Poirot's theory for identifying the suspect?
(a) Psychological study.
(b) Interrogate them till dawn.
(c) Lock them up.
(d) Deprive them of food and water.

5. What does Poirot ask Mrs. Lorrimer to tell him about the night of the murder?
(a) The cards that she gave to Miss Meredith.
(b) How she is feeling that night.
(c) Conversation that she had with Col. Race.
(d) Furnishings in the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Superintendent Battle partnered with?

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

3. Who is Mrs. Lorrimer partnered with?

4. Where does Poirot meet Shaitana?

5. Who thought she was poisoned by her family, according to Dr. Roberts' secretary?

(see the answer key)

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