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

2. Where does Shaitana lead his guests after dinner?
(a) Upstairs.
(b) Outside.
(c) Underground.
(d) Drawing room.

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

4. Who approaches Shaitana to say goodbye?
(a) Miss Meredith and Mrs. Lorrimer.
(b) Race and Poirot.
(c) Major Despard and Miss Oliver.
(d) Superintendent Battle and Mrs. Lorrimer.

5. Who turns out to be dead by the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Miss Meredith.
(b) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(c) Shaitana.
(d) Major Despard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Dr. Roberts how well he knew his host and his companions?

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

3. How does the author leave the reader feeling about Poirot and criminals by the end of Chapter 1?

4. Who is Superintendent Battle partnered with?

5. What does Poirot think about Mrs. Lorrimer's playing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two things about Rhoda irritate Anne?

2. What are Poirot's deductions about the four possible murder suspects by Chapters 24 and 25?

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

4. How does Poirot intend on unmasking the murderer?

5. What does Dr. Roberts do or say that makes him appear innocent to Battle?

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

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

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

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

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

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