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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Colonel Race learn that his agitator would be on the cruise ship?
(a) From a coded letter.
(b) From an accomplice of the agitator.
(c) Police intuition.
(d) From a police informant.

2. What advice did Poirot give to the Doyles in chapter 11 that he says they refused to take?
(a) To remain in their cabin the rest of the voyage.
(b) To return to Linnet's estate at Wode Hall.
(c) To go to the police about the fallen boulder.
(d) To leave the cruise ship.

3. In chapter 20, to whom does Poirot whisper before he leaves the dining room?
(a) Tim Allerton.
(b) Cornelia Robson.
(c) Race.
(d) Mrs. Allerton.

4. In chapter 5, where does Poirot tell Jackie he has seen her previously?
(a) At Linnet Doyle's wedding.
(b) In a restaurant called Chez Ma Tante.
(c) In a hotel in London.
(d) On a flight from England to Egypt.

5. In chapter 18, Mr. Pennington suggests who might be the murderer?
(a) Cornelia Robson.
(b) Jacqueline de Bellefort.
(c) Mr. Fanthrop.
(d) Simon Doyle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 24, who bursts into Dr. Bessner's cabin and claims to know who the killer is?

2. Where does Mr. Pennington say in chapter 18 that Linnet was raised?

3. In chapter 25, how does Poirot suggest the killer got away so quickly after the third shooting?

4. Who is Linnet Ridgeway?

5. In chapter 18, what does Mr. Pennington claim to have heard the night Linnet was murdered?

(see the answer key)

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