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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the sleuth find in Dr. Roberts' files?
(a) Fingerprints.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Bloody handkerchief.
(d) A suspicious note.

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

3. How did Mr. Craddock die?
(a) From a blood-poisoning illness.
(b) From drowning in the ocean.
(c) From a suicide in his room.
(d) From an anthrax-infected shaving brush.

4. What are the different methods of murder, according to Shaitana?
(a) Fire, drowning, strangling, and doctor's opportunities.
(b) Doctor's opportunities, mere household accidents, strangling, and shooting.
(c) Poison, a shooting accident, a doctor's opportunities, and a mere household accident.
(d) Strangling, drowning, accidental, and shooting.

5. What does Poirot express concern over?
(a) Shaitana's guests.
(b) The location of the event.
(c) The cost of the event.
(d) The date of the event.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose testimony does Mrs. Lorrimer confirm?

2. Who does Shaitana cleverly arrange at the table?

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

4. Who is assigned to go visit the widow of Maj. Despard's former employer?

5. Who is Dr. Roberts paired with?

(see the answer key)

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