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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) Bloody handkerchief.
(c) A suspicious note.
(d) Nothing.

2. Who is the only person that Poirot has not yet questioned by the end of Chapter 19?
(a) Battle.
(b) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(c) Mrs. Oliver.
(d) Miss Meredith.

3. What do the sleuths lack when they ask to search through the doctor's files?
(a) A tape recorder.
(b) A magnifying lens.
(c) A search warrant.
(d) A notebook.

4. What mystery surrounds Major Despard's employer's death?
(a) Whether he was shot or died of fever.
(b) Whether he died in battle or committed suicide.
(c) Whether he drowned or burned alive.
(d) Whether he was killed by natives or eaten by snakes.

5. Whom does Maj. Despard appear to have intense disdain for?
(a) Poirot.
(b) Meredith.
(c) Mrs. Oliver.
(d) Shaitana.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the Wessex House located?

3. Who visits Dr. Roberts in Chapter 9?

4. How can vital clues be found from suspects, according to Poirot?

5. How did Mr. Craddock die?

(see the answer key)

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