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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What threat does Linnet Doyle claim has been made against her?
(a) A murder threat.
(b) None.
(c) A threat of bodily harm.
(d) A threat of theft.

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

3. How does Simon Doyle respond when Poirot asks in chapter 6 if he is still in love with Jackie?
(a) Jackie will always be like a little sister to him.
(b) Jackie no longer exists to him.
(c) Jackie will always be his first love.
(d) He never loved Jackie in the first place.

4. Who overhears Jackie de Bellefort and Simon Doyle talking in a restaurant in chapter 1?
(a) Linnet Ridgeway.
(b) Hercule Poirot.
(c) Joanna Southwood.
(d) Tim Allerton.

5. Who is Linnet Ridgeway?
(a) A wealthy American.
(b) A Russian princess.
(c) An English royal.
(d) A French heiress.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has Linnet Ridgeway recently purchased that has caused a great deal of gossip?

3. What does Simon say when Poirot asks if he believes Jackie capable of murder?

4. Where does Hercule Poirot stay in chapter 3?

5. To what astronomical body does Jackie compare Linnet?

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