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

2. In chapter 17, what basic instinct does Mrs. Otterbourne attribute to most murders?
(a) The mothering instinct.
(b) The class instinct.
(c) The primitive instincts.
(d) The sexual instinct.

3. For what reason does Mrs. Otterbourne suggest Miss Bowers might be Linnet's killer in chapter 17?
(a) She is clearly in love with Simon Doyle.
(b) She is socially repressed.
(c) She is sexually repressed.
(d) She is clearly envious of Linnet's money.

4. In chapter 25, what does Mr. Ferguson claim is wrong about the education Cornelia claims to be recieving?
(a) It focuses on the past and should focus on the future.
(b) It focuses on men rather than women.
(c) It is not difficult enough.
(d) It is too difficult for a woman.

5. In chapter 24, who does Poirot see walking toward the scene of the most recent shooting?
(a) Mr. Richetti.
(b) Mr. Fanthrop.
(c) Mr. Pennington.
(d) Tim Allerton.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 26, what is it about Mr. Fanthrop's tie that Poirot thinks points to a certain level of behavior?

2. In chapter 29, who does Poirot say killed Linnet's maid and Mrs. Otterbourne?

3. In chapter 21, what ailment does Miss Bower's claim Miss van Schuyler suffers from?

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

5. In chapter 26, what crime does Pennington admit to committing?

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 17, what is the attitude of Mr. Ferguson when Poirot and Race interview him? What might this indicate?

3. In chapter 28, what does Cornelia learn about her aunt that upsets her? Why?

4. 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?

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 31, who does Cornelia announce she plans to marry? For what reason?

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

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

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

10. In chapter 20, who does Poirot and Race find has the pearls?

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