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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has to leave a little after midnight to go home?
(a) Miss Meredith.
(b) Hercule Poirot.
(c) Colonel Race.
(d) Major Despard.

2. 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) Poison, a shooting accident, a doctor's opportunities, and a mere household accident.
(d) Fire, drowning, strangling, and doctor's opportunities.

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

4. Who visits Dr. Roberts in Chapter 9?
(a) Maj. Depard and Mrs. Lorrimer.
(b) Superintendent Battle and Hercule Poirot.
(c) Shaitana and Poirot.
(d) Mrs. Oliver and Col. Race.

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

6. What does Shaitana ridicule about Poirot?
(a) His short stature.
(b) His profession.
(c) His mustache.
(d) His bald head.

7. Who turns out to be dead by the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Major Despard.
(b) Miss Meredith.
(c) Shaitana.
(d) Mrs. Lorrimer.

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

9. Who is the first sleuth to visit Anne and her employer?
(a) Col. Race.
(b) Superintendent Battle.
(c) Maj. Despard.
(d) Mrs. Oliver.

10. What kind of manners does Poirot reveal to Mrs. Lorrimer?
(a) Lack of.
(b) Officious.
(c) Curt.
(d) Old world.

11. Who does Mrs. Lorrimer think is a show-off?
(a) Oliver.
(b) Poirot.
(c) Battle.
(d) Shaitana.

12. What do the men do during the bridge game that is different from the women?
(a) Belch and fart.
(b) Smoke and laugh a lot.
(c) Steal and fight.
(d) Poke the fire and get drinks.

13. What do the four sleuths decide they must appear to be investigating, by the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Shaitana's murder.
(b) Motive for the death of a patient.
(c) Crime scene investigations approved by the police.
(d) Psychological motives for all suspects.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is solicitous and gentle when questioning Miss Meredith?

2. How do Shaitana's remarks affect some of his guests?

3. Where does Poirot meet Shaitana?

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

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

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