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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who appears to be following Simon and Linnet Doyle in chapter 2?
(a) Tim Allerton.
(b) Rosalie Otterbourne.
(c) Hercule Poirot.
(d) Jackie de Bellefort.

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

4. Why does Poirot refuse to accept a paying customer in chapter 4?
(a) He is on vacation.
(b) He dislikes the prospective customer.
(c) He is unqualified for the job.
(d) He is outside his jurisdiction.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Simon Doyle ask to speak with Poirot in chapter 6?

3. In what point of view is the novel written?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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