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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Miss Meredith meet Shaitana?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) England.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Scotland.

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

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

4. Who is seated by the fire?
(a) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(b) Miss Meredith.
(c) Major Despard.
(d) Shaitana.

5. What is the mystery writer prone to do with facts?
(a) Forget them.
(b) Confuse them.
(c) Mix them with fiction.
(d) Elaborate on them.

6. Who does Lorrimer think is a cautious player?
(a) Dr. Roberts.
(b) Miss Meredith.
(c) Ariadne Oliver.
(d) Major Despard.

7. Who does Dr. Roberts admit to knowing prior to attending Shaitana's event?
(a) Poirot.
(b) Battle.
(c) Miss Meredith.
(d) Mrs. Lorrimer.

8. What about Anne Meredith makes her an obvious target?
(a) Her inability to keep a steady gaze and her fear.
(b) Her willingness to argue and her nervous nature.
(c) Her poverty and her falsehoods.
(d) Her youth and seeming lack of sophistication.

9. What does Lorrimer do when she sees the stiletto?
(a) Screams in delight.
(b) Becomes fearful.
(c) Cries passionately.
(d) Views dispassionately.

10. Who are the four sleuths?
(a) Major Despard, Mr. Shaitana, Anne Meredith, and Dr. Roberts.
(b) Dr. Roberts, Major Despard, Mrs. Lorrimer, and Anne Meredith.
(c) Hercule Poirot, Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, Superintendent Battle, and Colonel Race.
(d) Hercule Poirot, Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, Mrs. Lorrimer, and Major Despard.

11. Who does Poirot question in the same style as he did with Mrs. Lorrimer?
(a) Col. Race.
(b) Miss Meredith.
(c) Dr. Roberts.
(d) Maj. Depard.

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

13. What objects does Mrs. Lorrimer describe to Poirot?
(a) Rugs and couches.
(b) Paintings and vases.
(c) Tables and chairs.
(d) Flowers and Oriental pictures.

14. How does Poirot intend on getting a psychological profile on murder suspects?
(a) By evaluating how they kept score and how they remember the game.
(b) By placing temptations in front of them and watching their responses.
(c) By calling them up unexpectedly and asking them rapid questions.
(d) By putting them in the same scenarios unknowingly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor give to the sleuth while leaving on his rounds?

2. What surprising knowledge does the doctor have about the bridge game that only he possesses?

3. Who is cheerful and ebullient in nature, and seems an unlikely murder suspect?

4. When Mrs. Lorrimer tells M. Poirot that she has no obligation to speak to him about Shaitana's murder, what does he say or do?

5. How does Shaitana respond to Poirot's opinion of his plan?

(see the answer keys)

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