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

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

3. Who visits Dr. Roberts in Chapter 9?
(a) Superintendent Battle and Hercule Poirot.
(b) Maj. Depard and Mrs. Lorrimer.
(c) Shaitana and Poirot.
(d) Mrs. Oliver and Col. Race.

4. What do they discover about Shaitana's set up for the evening?
(a) He was figuring out a way to eliminate his victims.
(b) He was putting up his collection of murderers on display.
(c) He was determined to set up his own death.
(d) He was trying to engage Poirot in a heated debate.

5. Who does Miss Meredith indirectly point the finger at as a possible murderer?
(a) Lorrimer.
(b) Dr. Roberts.
(c) Race.
(d) Despard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sleuth find in Dr. Roberts' files?

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

3. What does Hercule Poirot do for a living?

4. Who does Dr. Roberts admit to knowing prior to attending Shaitana's event?

5. Who does Mrs. Lorrimer think is a show-off?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Shaitana.

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

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

5. What is the dangerous thing that Shaitana did that probably caused his death?

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

7. What does Mrs. Lorrimer say in response to Battle's questions about Shaitana and the other guests?

8. To whom did Mrs. Lorrimer send notes, and why is this important?

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

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

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