View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the different methods of murder, according to Shaitana?
(a) Doctor's opportunities, mere household accidents, strangling, and shooting.
(b) Strangling, drowning, accidental, and shooting.
(c) Poison, a shooting accident, a doctor's opportunities, and a mere household accident.
(d) Fire, drowning, strangling, and doctor's opportunities.

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

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

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

5. What does the doctor give to the sleuth while leaving on his rounds?
(a) His wallet.
(b) His lens.
(c) His keys.
(d) His tape recorder.

6. What comparison does Poirot make with Mrs. Lorrimer's memory?
(a) To the vividness of her previous memories.
(b) To the perfection of her game.
(c) To the propensity for lying.
(d) To the accuracy of her judgment.

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

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

9. What does Poirot think about Mrs. Lorrimer's playing?
(a) Cautious.
(b) Wishy-washy.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Fast.

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

11. How does Dr. Roberts respond to questions about his personal life and practice?
(a) Secretively.
(b) Affably.
(c) Fearfully.
(d) Angrily.

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

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 things people said.
(c) All the cards everyone held.
(d) All the objects in the room.

14. 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.

15. When the four sleuths enter the other room to say goodnight, what do they see?
(a) Shaitana fighting with Major Despard.
(b) Mrs. Lorrimer sewing.
(c) Miss Meredith snoring.
(d) The bridge game in progress.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the second interview go?

2. Where does Poirot meet Shaitana?

3. How long does it take after the body of the murdered victim in Chapter 3 is removed for the sleuths to begin investigating?

4. Who is Dr. Roberts' secretary?

5. Where do the four sleuths arrive in Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 471 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample