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

2. Who thought she was poisoned by her family, according to Dr. Roberts' secretary?
(a) Miss Meredith.
(b) Miss Graves.
(c) Mrs. Oliver.
(d) Miss Burgess.

3. Where does Poirot meet Shaitana?
(a) A bar.
(b) An opera show.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A snuff box exhibition.

4. What about Anne Meredith makes her an obvious target?
(a) Her poverty and her falsehoods.
(b) Her willingness to argue and her nervous nature.
(c) Her inability to keep a steady gaze and her fear.
(d) Her youth and seeming lack of sophistication.

5. When asked who he suspects, who does Dr. Roberts think is the murderer?
(a) Race.
(b) Despard.
(c) Meredith.
(d) Poirot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author tell us about Poirot?

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

3. Who does Mrs. Lorrimer talk to about wood fires during the night of the murder?

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

5. What is Mrs. Lorrimer able to describe in minute detail to Poirot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shaitana set the stage for a fantastic dinner party?

2. Describe Dr. Roberts.

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

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

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

6. What does Anne do in her last act of revenge?

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

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

9. How does Poirot's analysis of Dr. Roberts vary from that of Miss Meredith?

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

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