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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 is different about the reference that Poirot makes compared to the conversation he is having with Mrs. Lorrimer?
(a) It can only be understood by a murderer.
(b) It is so subtle that it escapes detection.
(c) It requires a lot of knowledge.
(d) It has not been revealed.

2. Who approaches Shaitana to say goodbye?
(a) Major Despard and Miss Oliver.
(b) Miss Meredith and Mrs. Lorrimer.
(c) Superintendent Battle and Mrs. Lorrimer.
(d) Race and Poirot.

3. What does Poirot think about Major Despard's playing?
(a) He likes an immediate picture.
(b) He is wishy-washy.
(c) He is demanding and controlling.
(d) He is afraid of losing.

4. Who cannot prohibit the mystery writer from investigating the crime?
(a) Mr. Shaitana.
(b) Mrs. Oliver.
(c) Mr. Poirot.
(d) Mr. Battle.

5. What do the sleuths sort through in order to identify the murderer?
(a) Dinner remains.
(b) Bottles and drinks.
(c) Wastepaper baskets.
(d) Clues and evidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the second interview go?

2. What is Mrs. Lorrimer able to remember very accurately from the night of the murder?

3. What does Shaitana ridicule about Poirot?

4. When the four sleuths enter the other room to say goodnight, what do they see?

5. When asked who he suspects, who does Dr. Roberts think is the murderer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Hercule Poirot.

3. Why does Poirot ask suspects about their bridge game?

4. In the process of setting up the investigation, what is discovered about Shaitana's intentions?

5. What does Major Despard say in response to Battle's questions about Shaitana and the other guests?

6. When Shaitana is discovered to be dead, who is possibly implicated in the crime by proximity?

7. How does Dr. Roberts respond to Battle's questioning?

8. What are Mrs. Oliver's conclusions and how do the other sleuths respond, if at all?

9. What is the trap that Poirot leaves for Anne?

10. What does the reference of "walking into the cage of a tiger" seem to imply?

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