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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. Where was Miss Meredith born?
(a) England.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) India.

2. Who is Mrs. Lorrimer partnered with?
(a) Colonel Race.
(b) Major Despard.
(c) Hercule Poirot.
(d) Miss Meredith.

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

4. Who does Mrs. Oliver immediately think is the murderer in Chapter 4?
(a) Major Despard.
(b) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(c) Dr. Roberts.
(d) Miss Meredith.

5. Who are the four sleuths?
(a) Dr. Roberts, Major Despard, Mrs. Lorrimer, and Anne Meredith.
(b) Hercule Poirot, Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, Mrs. Lorrimer, and Major Despard.
(c) Hercule Poirot, Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, Superintendent Battle, and Colonel Race.
(d) Major Despard, Mr. Shaitana, Anne Meredith, and Dr. Roberts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Shaitana cleverly arrange at the table?

2. What do the men do during the bridge game that is different from the women?

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

4. What surprising knowledge does the doctor have about the bridge game that only he possesses?

5. What does Shaitana discuss with his dinner guests about sleeping sickness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about Poirot's method of investigation?

2. What has Race discovered about Major Despard's past?

3. Describe Mrs. Lorrimer.

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

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

6. What does Mrs. Lorrimer say about the behavior of men versus women that night at Shaitana's party?

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

8. Describe Hercule Poirot.

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

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

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