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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what part of his body does Simon Doyle suffer a gunshot wound in chapter 12?
(a) His head.
(b) His arm.
(c) His leg.
(d) His belly.

2. Who does Linnet Doyle claim has been following her while on her honeymoon?
(a) Jackie de Bellefort.
(b) Tim Allerton.
(c) Mr. Pennington.
(d) Rosalie Otterbourne.

3. Why does Jackie claim Simon fell in love with Linnet?
(a) She is glamorous.
(b) She is wealthy.
(c) She is charming.
(d) She is beautiful.

4. Who compliments Linnet Doyle in chapter 9 for her behavior while signing documents for Mr.Pennington?
(a) Miss van Schuyler.
(b) Mr. Allerton.
(c) Mr. Fanthrop.
(d) Mrs. Otterbourne.

5. What is bigamy?
(a) Having a preconcieved idea of a person or set of circumstances.
(b) Having more than one child at a time.
(c) Being legally married to more than one person at a time.
(d) Bearing bad opinions of a group of people for no logical reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Race and Poirot interview first about the two shootings in chapter 13?

2. Who does Poirot say in chapter 7 governs the affairs of life and death?

3. To what astronomical body does Jackie compare Linnet?

4. Why does Jackie pull a gun on Simon Doyle in chapter 12?

5. In chapter 10, what objects do most of the passengers leave their cruise ship to tour?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 2, what scene does Poirot witness between Linnet, Simon, and Jackie? What is significant about this scene?

2. In chapter 13, a letter j is found written in blood above Linnet's body. What does Poirot think the purpose of this was and to what does he compare it?

3. In chapter 15, what common thing do three of the passengers report hearing about the time of the murder? What does this cause Poirot to believe happened just after the murder?

4. In chapter 14, Poirot and Race interview Linnet's nurse. What is odd about her behavior? What does she reveal that Poirot and Race did not previously know?

5. What does Linnet ask Poirot to do in regards to Jackie in chapter 4? What does Poirot tell Linnet he will do?

6. In chapter 15, why does one of the ship's engineers claim he disliked Linnet Doyle?

7. In chapter 9, Mr. Pennington attempts to have Linnet sign some legal papers for him? What does Linnet do that annoys Mr. Pennington? How does Simon say he would do things differently?

8. In chapter 6, what advice does Poirot give to Simon Doyle about evading Jackie in the future?

9. How does Tim Allerton respond to his mother's decision to invite Hercule Poirot to join them at their table at meal times?

10. In chapter 5, what does Jackie tell Poirot about her relationship with Simon?

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