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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 20, what is the main bit of gossip as the passengers gather for lunch?
(a) Simon's decision to forgive Jackie.
(b) Linnet Doyle.
(c) Rosalie's lies to Poirot.
(d) Jackie de Bellefort.

2. In chapter 17, what does Rosalie Otterbourne say could cause her accuser to be wrong about what she/he saw?
(a) He was looking through dirty eyeglasses.
(b) She is half blind.
(c) He was drunk.
(d) She was dreaming.

3. In chapter 22, in whose cabin do Race and Poirot find a gun?
(a) Bessner's.
(b) Doyle's.
(c) Pennington's.
(d) Ferguson's.

4. In chapter 27, of whose murder does Poirot openly accuse Tim Allerton?
(a) Mrs. Otterbourne.
(b) Linnet.
(c) The maid.
(d) Simon Doyle.

5. In chapter 21, what ailment does Miss Bower's claim Miss van Schuyler suffers from?
(a) Heart palpatations.
(b) Memory loss.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Deafness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In chapter 21, why do Poirot and Race decide to search the boat even though the pearls have been discovered?

3. In chapter 21, for what reason does Poirot suggest no one heard the gunshot that took Linnet's life?

4. In chapter 31, how does Poirot react to the murder of Simon Doyle?

5. In chapter 23, what does Poirot openly accuse Rosalie Otterbourne of lying about?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 23, Poirot confronts Miss Otterbourne once again. What is the nature of this confrontation?

2. In chapter 29, who does Poirot finally accuse of being Linnet, the maid, and Mrs. Otterbourne's killers?

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

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

5. In chapter 20, why do Race and Poirot have all the passengers searched? What are they looking for?

6. In chapter 18, Race and Poirot make a list of suspects and motives. What does Poirot say will eventually point them toward the murderer?

7. In chapter 25, how does Cornelia react to the proposal of Mr. Ferguson? Why does Miss van Schuyler at first refuse to consider Mr. Ferguson as a suitor for her niece, but later thinks differently?

8. In chapter 24, why is Mrs. Otterbourne killed?

9. In chapter 24, which passengers are immediate suspects in the death of Mrs. Otterbourne? Why?

10. In chapter 19, what does Miss Otterbourne finally admit to Poirot? Why does Poirot think that Miss Otterbourne is continuing to lie to him?

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