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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 does Shaitana claim to collect?
(a) Knives.
(b) Murderers.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Gold coins.

2. How does Dr. Roberts respond to questions about his personal life and practice?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Affably.
(c) Fearfully.
(d) Secretively.

3. What is Mrs. Lorrimer able to remember very accurately from the night of the murder?
(a) Every card.
(b) Every object in the room.
(c) Every person's conversation.
(d) Every person's clothing.

4. What is Mrs. Lorrimer able to describe in minute detail to Poirot?
(a) Maj. Depard.
(b) Rug design.
(c) Bridge game.
(d) Her clothing.

5. What does Shaitana say that doctors have?
(a) Plenty of resources.
(b) Good luck.
(c) Special opportunities.
(d) Plenty of money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose testimony does Mrs. Lorrimer confirm?

3. What do the four sleuths agree to do together to solve the murder?

4. Who is the first sleuth to visit Anne and her employer?

5. What objects does Mrs. Lorrimer describe to Poirot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the four sleuths vary in their investigative styles?

2. Why did Mrs. Lorrimer protect Miss Meredith? Explain with details from the text.

3. Describe Mrs. Lorrimer.

4. How does Mrs. Lorrimer remain in character as Poirot expects?

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

6. What seems inconsistent to Poirot with Mrs. Lorrimer's apparent suicide?

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

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

9. Why is Battle suspicious of Anne?

10. How did Dr. Roberts kill Mrs. Lorrimer?

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