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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Lorrimer partnered with?
(a) Major Despard.
(b) Colonel Race.
(c) Miss Meredith.
(d) Hercule Poirot.

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

3. What kind of relationship does Anne have with her employer?
(a) They are enemies.
(b) They are friends.
(c) They are cold.
(d) They are strained.

4. Where is the Wessex House located?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Westfield.
(c) Madison.
(d) London.

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

6. What do they discover about Shaitana's set up for the evening?
(a) He was putting up his collection of murderers on display.
(b) He was trying to engage Poirot in a heated debate.
(c) He was figuring out a way to eliminate his victims.
(d) He was determined to set up his own death.

7. What does Shaitana claim to collect?
(a) Murderers.
(b) Knives.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Gold coins.

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

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

10. What is Mrs. Lorrimer able to remember very accurately from the night of the murder?
(a) Every card.
(b) Every object in the room.
(c) Every person's conversation.
(d) Every person's clothing.

11. How does Dr. Roberts rate himself as a card player?
(a) Sound.
(b) Safe.
(c) First-rate.
(d) Over-bids.

12. What does Superintendent Battle ask Poirot after the second interview?
(a) Why he does not get a search warrant.
(b) Why he asks people about the bridge game.
(c) Why he does not lock them up.
(d) Why he does not take their fingerprints.

13. Based on Mr. Shaitana's comments at dinner, what does Poirot think the murderer's motivation was?
(a) Spur of the moment.
(b) Driven by lust.
(c) Long-sought revenge.
(d) Accidental.

14. What do the sleuths sort through in order to identify the murderer?
(a) Dinner remains.
(b) Clues and evidence.
(c) Bottles and drinks.
(d) Wastepaper baskets.

15. 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?
(a) He gracefully accepts and leaves.
(b) He refuses and gets very angry.
(c) He begs and does not give up.
(d) He argues and demands an explanation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the second person that Superintendent Battle calls for?

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

3. Who is lovely, genteel, and elderly in Chapter 2?

4. Where does Poirot meet Shaitana?

5. Who does the first sleuth tell that Anne and her employer are guilty of the murder?

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