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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Linnet Doyle change seats at dinner in chapter 3?
(a) To avoid Jackie de Bellefort.
(b) To avoid Rosalie Otterbourne.
(c) To sit closer to her husband.
(d) To sit further from her husband.

2. What does Simon say when Poirot asks if he believes Jackie capable of murder?
(a) Yes.
(b) Yes, but not with something as violent as a gun.
(c) No.
(d) In the right circumstances.

3. In what point of view is the novel written?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) Third person omniscient.
(c) First person.
(d) Second person.

4. What is the Karnak?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A city on the Nile.
(c) The cruise ship.
(d) A tour line.

5. What about Mrs. Otterbourne seems to embarrass her daughter, Rosalie, in chapter 3?
(a) Her silent, rude behavior.
(b) Her overly friendly attitude toward Tim Allerton and Simon Doyle.
(c) Her apparent crush on Hercule Poirot.
(d) Her open discussions on sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Simon suggest Jackie thinks he married Linnet?

2. What does Poirot refuse to do in Linnet's name, but agrees to do as a matter of courtesy?

3. What does Jackie claim to see while she is talking to Poirot in chapter 5?

4. In chapter 5, where does Poirot tell Jackie he has seen her previously?

5. What does Mrs. Otterbourne insist on giving Poirot in chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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