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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sleuth does Rhoda visit in Chapter 17?
(a) Mrs. Oliver.
(b) Col. Race.
(c) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(d) Poirot.

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

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

4. What does Major Despard say that the wife of his employer did that killed her husband?
(a) Spoiled his aim, resulting in the bullet to go astray.
(b) Knocked him into a river full of piranhas.
(c) Pushed him forward into the line of fire.
(d) Cheated on him.

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

6. Who is the sergeant that interrogates the parlor maid?
(a) Smith.
(b) Battle.
(c) O'Connor.
(d) O'Reilly.

7. Where does Poirot have a meeting with Maj. Despard?
(a) Hotel suite.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Double-decker bus.
(d) Underground tavern.

8. Who was Major Despard hired to accompany to the Amazon jungle?
(a) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(b) Professor Luxmore.
(c) Anne Meredith.
(d) Col. Race.

9. What does Rhoda want Anne to do in Chapter 29?
(a) Run away quickly.
(b) Come clean about her past.
(c) Do her homework.
(d) Talk to Major Despard.

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

11. What does Poirot tell Battle they must do quickly?
(a) Round up the suspects.
(b) Close in on Anne.
(c) Find the fugitive.
(d) Steal the map.

12. Who does the parlor maid say that Dr. Roberts had an argument with?
(a) Janice Oliver.
(b) Miss Burgess.
(c) Col. Race.
(d) Mr. Craddock.

13. What does the sleuth say to Rhoda about Meredith that makes her yowl in protest?
(a) That Anne is plotting to kill Rhoda.
(b) That Anne takes Maj. Despard's help faster than she does Mrs. Oliver's.
(c) That Anne is a thief and a scoundrel.
(d) That Anne has killed Shaitana.

14. Who is Mrs. Lorrimer trying to protect?
(a) Race.
(b) Anne.
(c) Battle.
(d) Despard.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rhoda tell the sleuth about Anne's former employer?

3. Where does Battle go to look into the death of Anne's former employer?

4. Who does Poirot work with to discuss investigative findings?

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

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