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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. In chapter 30, who has been sitting with Jackie de Bellefort?
(a) A stewardess.
(b) Mr. Allerton.
(c) Simon Doyle.
(d) Miss Bowers.

2. In chapter 20, what does Poirot say he is experiencing trouble with?
(a) Having his souvenirs packaged by the crew.
(b) Deciding who the killer is.
(c) Deciding to have for lunch.
(d) Having a package sent from Egypt to England.

3. In chapter 29, who does Poirot say killed Linnet's maid and Mrs. Otterbourne?
(a) Simon Doyle.
(b) Mr. Pennington.
(c) Cornelia Robson.
(d) Jackie de Bellefort.

4. In chapter 28, for what reason does Poirot give Race for why he has not admitted that he already knows who the real killer is?
(a) He wants to be sure he is correct.
(b) He is teasing Race.
(c) He enjoys prolonging the investigation.
(d) He is trying to tie up loose ends.

5. In chapter 23, what does Poirot openly accuse Rosalie Otterbourne of lying about?
(a) Of seeing someone in Linnet's cabin the night of her murder.
(b) Of knowing who owns the knife that killed the maid.
(c) Of seeing who killed the maid.
(d) Of knowing where the pistol spotted in her bag is.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 20, what do Poirot and Race discover their visitor has brought to them?

2. In chapter 27, who does Poirot suggest Rosalie Otterbourne saw leaving Linnet's cabin and has been trying to protect?

3. To whom in chapter 19 does Poirot comment on the vision of the moon after the sun has disappeared, a thought both Simon Doyle and Jackie de Bellefort have previously expressed to him?

4. In chapter 30, why does Jackie say it is good that she has been caught?

5. In chapter 17, what basic instinct does Mrs. Otterbourne attribute to most murders?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 30, how does Jackie claim that Simon Doyle felt about Linnet from the moment they met?

2. In chapter 21, what does Poirot discover about the pearls?

3. In chapter 22, Race and Poirot learn the results of the search of the passengers. In whose possession did they find guns?

4. In chapter 28, who does Race realize is the agitator he has been searching for? How does he learn this?

5. In chapter 17, Miss Otterbourne refutes everything that Miss van Schuyler said about her in a previous chapter. Could Miss van Schuyler be lying? For what purpose?

6. In chapter 26, why does Poirot accuse Mr. Fanthrop of lying about his true identity? What reason does Mr. Fanthrop give for being on the cruise ship?

7. In chapter 27, with what does Poirot confront Tim Allerton?

8. In chapter 29, what does Poirot suggest was the motive for the murder of Linnet Doyle?

9. In chapter 19, who does Simon Doyle ask to see? For what reason?

10. In chapter 21, where does Miss Bowers claim she got the pearls? Why did she not come forward sooner?

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