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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Mrs. Otterbourne often wear that many passengers note throughout the novel, including in chapter 7?
(a) A turban.
(b) A veiled hat.
(c) A velvet stole.
(d) A sarong.

2. Why does Poirot tell Jackie at the end of chapter 7 that he feels sorry for her?
(a) She is a pitiful creature, obsessed with jealousy.
(b) She has chosen a dangerous path.
(c) She is only making people dislike her with her actions.
(d) She is poor and spending her last pennies to obsess over the Doyles.

3. What do Poirot and Mrs. Allerton think of Mr. Fanthrop in chapter 7?
(a) He is quiet and intelligent.
(b) He is gentle and unassuming.
(c) He is loud and boisterous.
(d) He is crude and annoying.

4. Why does Poirot say he cannot stop Jackie from her plan to seek revenge against Linnet and Simon Doyle?
(a) She has done nothing illegal yet.
(b) She has a right to her emotions.
(c) He has no jurisdiction in Egypt.
(d) She is in the right and the Doyles are in the wrong.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Poirot refuse to accept a paying customer in chapter 4?

2. Where does Hercule Poirot stay in chapter 3?

3. At what table does Mrs. Allerton note in chapter 7 Jackie de Bellefort has been placed?

4. In chapter 7, which lady spends a few hours with Poirot?

5. Where does Poirot decide to spend the final two hours before lunch in chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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