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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Shaitana invite the four suspects?
(a) He was trying to scare them into confession.
(b) He wanted to fool them into making a mistake.
(c) He was hoping to see Poirot at work.
(d) He thought they had all committed a murder in their past.

2. What does Shaitana discuss with his dinner guests about sleeping sickness?
(a) His own suffering.
(b) Fears.
(c) Epidemic.
(d) Treatments.

3. How many times did Dr. Roberts leave his table on the night of the murder?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

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

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

6. What does Shaitana say that doctors have?
(a) Special opportunities.
(b) Good luck.
(c) Plenty of money.
(d) Plenty of resources.

7. Where does Shaitana lead his guests after dinner?
(a) Upstairs.
(b) Underground.
(c) Outside.
(d) Drawing room.

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

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

10. Who does Lorrimer think overbids as a player?
(a) Ariadne Oliver.
(b) Miss Meredith.
(c) Dr. Roberts.
(d) Major Despard.

11. What kind of a house does Mrs. Lorrimer inhabit?
(a) Large, ornate, and official.
(b) Big, comfortable, and messy.
(c) Dirty, small, and smelly.
(d) Small, tasteful, and well-kept.

12. Who tells Mrs. Oliver that in real life they must approach the process differently instead of going on instinct?
(a) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(b) Miss Meredith.
(c) Superintendent Battle.
(d) Dr. Roberts.

13. Who is the mystery writer in Chapter 8?
(a) Mr. Poirot.
(b) Mr. Battle.
(c) Mr. Shaitana.
(d) Mrs. Oliver.

14. How did Mr. Craddock die?
(a) From a blood-poisoning illness.
(b) From drowning in the ocean.
(c) From a suicide in his room.
(d) From an anthrax-infected shaving brush.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How can vital clues be found from suspects, according to Poirot?

2. Who has to leave a little after midnight to go home?

3. Where was Miss Meredith born?

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

5. What does the author tell us about Poirot?

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