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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. Who does Mrs. Lorrimer think is a show-off?
(a) Battle.
(b) Oliver.
(c) Poirot.
(d) Shaitana.

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

3. What is the mystery writer prone to do with facts?
(a) Mix them with fiction.
(b) Confuse them.
(c) Elaborate on them.
(d) Forget them.

4. Who has to leave a little after midnight to go home?
(a) Major Despard.
(b) Miss Meredith.
(c) Colonel Race.
(d) Hercule Poirot.

5. What does Shaitana discuss with his dinner guests about sleeping sickness?
(a) Fears.
(b) Epidemic.
(c) His own suffering.
(d) Treatments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lorrimer think overbids as a player?

2. Who appears to be very shy and retiring in Chapter 2?

3. What is different about the reference that Poirot makes compared to the conversation he is having with Mrs. Lorrimer?

4. What do each of the four sleuths reveal a preference for in Chapter 8?

5. Where was Miss Meredith born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the shocking revelation that Poirot has about Mrs. Lorrimer and Miss Meredith?

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

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

4. What does Shaitana do that is shocking and bizarre?

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

6. Describe Miss Meredith.

7. What about Anne's nature makes Rhoda desire to protect her?

8. What is the story that Mrs. Luxmore reveals to Poirot?

9. What about Mrs. Lorrimer's personality prevents her from being the murderer?

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

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