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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Poirot hope to do by having an unexpected meeting with Maj. Despard?
(a) Defeat him.
(b) Trick him.
(c) Catch him.
(d) Take him off-guard.

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. How does Anne feel around Rhoda?
(a) Like a wallflower.
(b) Like a lover.
(c) Like a beggar.
(d) Like a thief.

7. What does Poirot compliment Mrs. Lorrimer with?
(a) A spirit of warmth and candor.
(b) A mind capable of murder.
(c) A heart full of kindness.
(d) A mind capable of winning the lottery.

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

9. How does Major Despard claim to have saved his employer from drowning?
(a) By throwing him a line.
(b) By shooting him in the leg.
(c) By ripping his shirt off.
(d) By running away with his wife.

10. What does Poirot ask Anne to help him choose for his family for gifts?
(a) Toys.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Gold coins.
(d) Stockings.

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

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

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

14. Whose mannerisms does Poirot adopt when he visits the widow?
(a) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(b) Mrs. Oliver.
(c) Battle.
(d) Mr. Shaitana.

15. What does Mrs. Lorrimer confess to?
(a) Cheating at bridge.
(b) Killing the professor.
(c) Making poison.
(d) Killing Shaitana.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Rhoda and Anne go in Chapter 17?

3. What does Anne do that proves Poirot's theory?

4. Who is the only person that Poirot has not yet questioned by the end of Chapter 19?

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

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