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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Otterbourne insist on giving Poirot in chapter 3?
(a) One of her novels.
(b) A tip.
(c) A picture of herself.
(d) A new magazine.

2. What does Jackie de Bellefort say to Poirot in chapter 11 after watching Simon and Linnet together?
(a) She should not have come aboard the ship.
(b) She should leave Linnet alone.
(c) She no longer wants Simon and wishes Linnet luck.
(d) She regrets her affair with Simon.

3. Where did Colonel Race learn that his agitator would be on the cruise ship?
(a) Police intuition.
(b) From an accomplice of the agitator.
(c) From a coded letter.
(d) From a police informant.

4. Why does Jackie claim Simon fell in love with Linnet?
(a) She is glamorous.
(b) She is charming.
(c) She is beautiful.
(d) She is wealthy.

5. What do many of the vacationers notice about Rosalie Otterbourne's behavior early in the novel?
(a) She is overly joyous.
(b) She is very unhappy.
(c) She is a simpleton.
(d) She is cruel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Linnet Doyle killed?

2. What did Miss van Schuyler lose in chapter 12 that becomes an issue in chapter 16?

3. In chapter 23, how has Linnet's maid been murdered?

4. In chapter 18, how many of the passengers are Poirot and Race able to rule out in the murder of Linnet Doyle?

5. What do Poirot and Mrs. Allerton think of Mr. Fanthrop in chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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