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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is solicitous and gentle when questioning Miss Meredith?
(a) Despard.
(b) Poirot.
(c) Battle.
(d) Lorrimer.
2. Where does Poirot meet Shaitana?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) An opera show.
(c) A bar.
(d) A snuff box exhibition.
3. In the room where Mrs. Oliver is seated, whom is she partnered with?
(a) Miss Meredith.
(b) Colonel Race.
(c) Major Despard.
(d) Hercule Poirot.
4. What does Poirot ask Mrs. Lorrimer to tell him about the night of the murder?
(a) How she is feeling that night.
(b) Furnishings in the room.
(c) Conversation that she had with Col. Race.
(d) The cards that she gave to Miss Meredith.
5. What does Poirot think about Mrs. Lorrimer's playing?
(a) Cautious.
(b) Wishy-washy.
(c) Fast.
(d) Brilliant.
6. What does Shaitana invite Poirot to attend?
(a) A theater performance.
(b) A film event.
(c) A dance.
(d) A dinner party.
7. What does Poirot think about Dr. Robert's playing?
(a) Fast.
(b) Over-bids.
(c) Wishy-washy.
(d) Brilliant.
8. What kind of relationship does Anne have with her employer?
(a) They are enemies.
(b) They are strained.
(c) They are friends.
(d) They are cold.
9. Where did Miss Meredith meet Shaitana?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Scotland.
(c) England.
(d) South Africa.
10. Where does Shaitana go and sit after everyone is paired up?
(a) By the bar.
(b) By the bridge table.
(c) By the black box.
(d) By the fire.
11. What do the four sleuths decide they must appear to be investigating, by the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Psychological motives for all suspects.
(b) Shaitana's murder.
(c) Crime scene investigations approved by the police.
(d) Motive for the death of a patient.
12. Who is Dr. Roberts' secretary?
(a) Miss Burgess.
(b) Mrs. Oliver.
(c) Miss Meredith.
(d) Mr. Craddock.
13. What surprising knowledge does the doctor have about the bridge game that only he possesses?
(a) All the food everyone ate.
(b) All the cards everyone held.
(c) All the things people said.
(d) All the objects in the room.
14. How does Dr. Roberts respond to questions about his personal life and practice?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Fearfully.
(c) Affably.
(d) Secretively.
15. Who asks Dr. Roberts how well he knew his host and his companions?
(a) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(b) Battle.
(c) Miss Meredith.
(d) Poirot.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Shaitana respond to Poirot's opinion of his plan?
2. How does the author leave the reader feeling about Poirot and criminals by the end of Chapter 1?
3. What kind of manners does Poirot reveal to Mrs. Lorrimer?
4. What is Poirot's theory for identifying the suspect?
5. Where do the four sleuths arrive in Chapter 2?
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