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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of relationship does Anne have with her employer?
(a) They are strained.
(b) They are friends.
(c) They are enemies.
(d) They are cold.

2. Who does Mrs. Lorrimer talk to about wood fires during the night of the murder?
(a) Poirot.
(b) Battle.
(c) Shaitana.
(d) Oliver.

3. How do Shaitana's remarks affect some of his guests?
(a) Makes them comfortable.
(b) Makes them giddy.
(c) Makes them uncomfortable.
(d) Makes them sleepy.

4. Who does Lorrimer think overbids as a player?
(a) Ariadne Oliver.
(b) Miss Meredith.
(c) Dr. Roberts.
(d) Major Despard.

5. Who visits Dr. Roberts in Chapter 9?
(a) Mrs. Oliver and Col. Race.
(b) Superintendent Battle and Hercule Poirot.
(c) Shaitana and Poirot.
(d) Maj. Depard and Mrs. Lorrimer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion did Shaitana invoke in Miss Meredith when he first met her?

2. What kind of a house does Mrs. Lorrimer inhabit?

3. How long does it take after the body of the murdered victim in Chapter 3 is removed for the sleuths to begin investigating?

4. What is Poirot making an indirect reference to by mentioning Mrs. Lorrimer's memory?

5. Where does Poirot meet Shaitana?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two things about Rhoda irritate Anne?

2. How did Mrs. Lorrimer interact with Shaitana that night at his party?

3. What is the dangerous thing that Shaitana did that probably caused his death?

4. What does Anne recall from the night of the murder to Poirot?

5. What are Poirot's deductions of the bridge players?

6. What did Poirot achieve through his psychological analysis of the murder suspects?

7. What does the presence of four sleuths present to Poirot?

8. What does Dr. Roberts do or say that makes him appear innocent to Battle?

9. How does Poirot outwit the doctor and get more information out of Dr. Roberts than he wants to give?

10. How is O'Connor able to elicit information from the parlor maid?

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