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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Lorrimer say about Mr. Shaitana's words?
(a) They were kind and compassionate.
(b) They were harsh and derogatory.
(c) They incensed her.
(d) They were meant for her alone.

2. Where do the four sleuths meet to put their clues together?
(a) Westminster Chapel.
(b) Notre Dame.
(c) Scotland Yard.
(d) Isle of Dogs.

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

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

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

6. What is the scary news that Poirot gets during breakfast?
(a) Major Despard was shot.
(b) Mrs. Lorrimer committed suicide.
(c) Race died by drowning.
(d) Anne was killed.

7. Who does the widow claim fired a gun in self-defense?
(a) Otto van Shaitana.
(b) Professor Luxmore.
(c) Maj. Despard.
(d) Col. Race.

8. What is the story that the widow tells Poirot?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Deception.
(c) Forbidden love.
(d) Greed.

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

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

11. Who discovers the dead body in Chapter 28?
(a) Dr. Roberts.
(b) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(c) Anne Meredith.
(d) Col. Race.

12. What does Poirot buy after leaving the widow's residence?
(a) A gun.
(b) Lottery tickets.
(c) Stockings.
(d) Malaria tablets.

13. Who does Anne go to have tea with in Chapter 18?
(a) Mrs. Oliver.
(b) Miss Burgess.
(c) Ms. Dawes.
(d) Mrs. Lorrimer.

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

15. Where do Rhoda and Anne go in Chapter 17?
(a) Paris.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) Wales.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Lorrimer confess to picking up while playing dummy?

2. What is the name of the parlor maid?

3. What is the kind of bottle in question regarding the death of Anne's employer?

4. Who does Poirot think that Maj. Despard is referring to as being spiritually blackmailed?

5. What is Maj. Despard able to recall about the objects in the room during the night of the murder?

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