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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anne recall from the night of the murder?
(a) Her clothing and stockings.
(b) The cabinet of Egyptian jewelry and a vase of flowers.
(c) The conversation between Major Despard and Col. Race.
(d) The makeup of Mrs. Lorrimer.

2. What was Dr. Roberts apparently guilty of that made his patient furious?
(a) Giving the patient the wrong medicine.
(b) Lying about his records.
(c) Stealing the patient's money.
(d) Impropriety with the patient's wife.

3. What does Shaitana do to women after learning their secrets?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Publicly humiliates them.
(c) Takes advantage.
(d) Steals their money.

4. When Poirot talks to the staff, how many letters does he learn that Mrs. Lorrimer sent out?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. What does Anne do that proves Poirot's theory?
(a) She fights her rapist.
(b) She lives in squalor.
(c) She lies about her education.
(d) She steals stockings.

6. Whom does Maj. Despard appear to have intense disdain for?
(a) Mrs. Oliver.
(b) Meredith.
(c) Shaitana.
(d) Poirot.

7. Who tells Rhoda that Anne was not a good friend?
(a) Poirot.
(b) Roberts.
(c) Despard.
(d) Battle.

8. What does Mrs. Lorrimer confess to picking up while playing dummy?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A rope.
(c) A pitcher.
(d) A dagger.

9. What does Rhoda tell the sleuth about Anne's former employer?
(a) That she took poison and died.
(b) That she was vicious and cruel.
(c) That she was killed in cold murder.
(d) That she was actually Anne's mother.

10. Who is assigned to go visit the widow of Maj. Despard's former employer?
(a) Mrs. Oliver.
(b) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(c) Poirot.
(d) Battle.

11. What does Mrs. Lorrimer request from Poirot?
(a) A pardon.
(b) A gift.
(c) A visit.
(d) A testimony.

12. Who apparently killed Mr. Craddock?
(a) Janice Oliver.
(b) Dr. Roberts.
(c) Col. Race.
(d) Miss Burgess.

13. What effect does Mrs. Lorrimer's confession have on Poirot?
(a) Delights him.
(b) Confuses him.
(c) Soothes him.
(d) Angers him.

14. What is the kind of bottle in question regarding the death of Anne's employer?
(a) Indian blue glass.
(b) Peruvian cocoa.
(c) Bohemian glass.
(d) Syrup of Figs.

15. Who is the only person that Poirot has not yet questioned by the end of Chapter 19?
(a) Mrs. Oliver.
(b) Miss Meredith.
(c) Battle.
(d) Mrs. Lorrimer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Lorrimer confess to?

2. What does Poirot tell Battle they must do quickly?

3. Whose mannerisms does Poirot adopt when he visits the widow?

4. How does Major Despard claim to have saved his employer from drowning?

5. What mystery surrounds Major Despard's employer's death?

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