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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Dr. Roberts paired with?
(a) Colonel Race.
(b) Miss Meredith.
(c) Major Despard.
(d) Hercule Poirot.

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

3. What surprising knowledge does the doctor have about the bridge game that only he possesses?
(a) All the things people said.
(b) All the food everyone ate.
(c) All the cards everyone held.
(d) All the objects in the room.

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

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) Conversation that she had with Col. Race.
(c) Furnishings in the room.
(d) How she is feeling that night.

6. Who cannot prohibit the mystery writer from investigating the crime?
(a) Mr. Poirot.
(b) Mr. Battle.
(c) Mr. Shaitana.
(d) Mrs. Oliver.

7. What does the author tell us about Poirot?
(a) He is agile.
(b) He is overweight.
(c) He is ridiculous.
(d) He is slow.

8. What is Poirot making an indirect reference to by mentioning Mrs. Lorrimer's memory?
(a) A lie she gave.
(b) A lover she had.
(c) An event in her past.
(d) A game she lost.

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

10. What does Poirot think about Dr. Robert's playing?
(a) Wishy-washy.
(b) Fast.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Over-bids.

11. Who does Shaitana cleverly arrange at the table?
(a) Detectives.
(b) Younger victims.
(c) Murder suspects.
(d) Older victims.

12. Who asks Dr. Roberts how well he knew his host and his companions?
(a) Miss Meredith.
(b) Poirot.
(c) Battle.
(d) Mrs. Lorrimer.

13. 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.

14. Who does Mrs. Oliver immediately think is the murderer in Chapter 4?
(a) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(b) Major Despard.
(c) Miss Meredith.
(d) Dr. Roberts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Shaitana say he will invite to his event?

2. How many times does Lorrimer talk to Shaitana during the night of the murder?

3. What comparison does Poirot make with Mrs. Lorrimer's memory?

4. What does Shaitana say is his preferred method of murder?

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

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