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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Poirot find out was visiting Mrs. Lorrimer prior to her death?
(a) Miss Meredith.
(b) Col. Race.
(c) Major Despard.
(d) Mrs. Oliver.

3. Who does Rhoda tease Anne about?
(a) Miss Burgess.
(b) Mr. Battle.
(c) Mrs. Oliver.
(d) Maj. Despard.

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

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

6. 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) Stealing the patient's money.
(d) Lying about his records.

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

8. What is the name of Anne's former employer that died?
(a) Miss Burgess.
(b) Lara Hastings.
(c) Claire Forlaine.
(d) Mrs. Benson.

9. What is the name of the parlor maid?
(a) Elsie Batt.
(b) Anna Ward.
(c) Janice Oliver.
(d) Miss Burgess.

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

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

12. Who does Poirot think that Maj. Despard is referring to as being spiritually blackmailed?
(a) Miss Meredith.
(b) Col. Race.
(c) A woman of his past.
(d) Miss Burgess.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne recall from the night of the murder?

2. Where does Poirot have a meeting with Maj. Despard?

3. Who does the parlor maid say that Dr. Roberts had an argument with?

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

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

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