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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Shaitana go and sit after everyone is paired up?
(a) By the bar.
(b) By the fire.
(c) By the bridge table.
(d) By the black box.

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

3. Where does Poirot meet Shaitana?
(a) A bar.
(b) An opera show.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A snuff box exhibition.

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

5. By Chapter 8, how many people has the murderer killed, according to the sleuths?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

6. What does Poirot think about Dr. Robert's playing?
(a) Fast.
(b) Brilliant.
(c) Over-bids.
(d) Wishy-washy.

7. 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) The bridge game in progress.
(d) Miss Meredith snoring.

8. What do each of the four sleuths reveal a preference for in Chapter 8?
(a) Crime scene notes.
(b) Investigative techniques.
(c) Boudoir selections.
(d) Interviewing suspects.

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

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

11. What effect do Poirot's manners have on Mrs. Lorrimer?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Irritate.
(c) Infuriate.
(d) Baffles.

12. How long does it take after the body of the murdered victim in Chapter 3 is removed for the sleuths to begin investigating?
(a) Ten minutes.
(b) Thirty minutes.
(c) Five hours.
(d) An hour.

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

14. Who seems to have a lively and adventurous spirit and likes to talk to Colonel Race?
(a) Anne Meredith.
(b) Major Despard.
(c) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(d) Dr. Roberts.

15. What does Poirot think about Major Despard's playing?
(a) He is demanding and controlling.
(b) He is afraid of losing.
(c) He likes an immediate picture.
(d) He is wishy-washy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the sleuths sort through in order to identify the murderer?

2. What does the sleuth find in Dr. Roberts' files?

3. Who approaches Shaitana to say goodbye?

4. What does Shaitana claim to collect?

5. What emotion did Shaitana invoke in Miss Meredith when he first met her?

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