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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Poirot refuse to do in Linnet's name, but agrees to do as a matter of courtesy?
(a) He will contact a lawyer for her.
(b) He will speak to Jackie.
(c) He will speak to a friend at Scotland Yard.
(d) He will provide her with a gun.

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

3. What does Poirot encourage Jackie to do in chapter 5?
(a) Take a cruise on the Nile.
(b) Fight for her man.
(c) Find a new man.
(d) Look to the future instead of the past.

4. To what astronomical body does Jackie compare Linnet?
(a) The moon.
(b) A planet.
(c) Stars.
(d) The sun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Poirot doing when approached by another vacationer in chapter 4?

2. What threat does Linnet Doyle claim has been made against her?

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

4. What about Mrs. Otterbourne seems to embarrass her daughter, Rosalie, in chapter 3?

5. What is the Karnak?

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