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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Poirot refuse to accept a paying customer in chapter 4?
2. What is the Karnak?
3. Where does Mrs. Allerton claim she learned about Jackie's innocence in the murder of Linnet Doyle in chapter 15?
4. Who is Fleetwood?
5. In chapter 10, with whom does Cornelia tour the sights?
Short Essay Questions
1. In chapter 16, Race and Poirot interview Miss van Schuyler. Who does Miss van Schuyler claim she saw throwing something overboard the night of the murder? What does this imply about the person in question?
2. Who does Poirot meet in chapter 7 when he goes to visit a museum on Elephantine Island?
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 5, what does Jackie tell Poirot about her relationship with Simon?
5. 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?
6. In chapter 13, who is Poirot's first suspect when he learns that Linnet Doyle has been killed?
7. In chapter 15, why does one of the ship's engineers claim he disliked Linnet Doyle?
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. What is significant about the relationship between Tim and Joanna? Why does Tim make a point of telling Linnet about this relationship?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is Pennington? How does he explain running into Simon and Linnet on their honeymoon? What does Pennington tell Poirot about his relationship to Linnet and her family? What does Pennington attempt to have Linnet do while on the cruise ship? Who interferes with this process? For what reason? What kind of business woman is Linnet? What impact might this have on her future? How is Linnet almost injured while visiting some temples? Who does Simon blame for this attack on his wife? Who is really responsible?
Essay Topic 2
Why does Poirot focus on Linnet's missing pearls in the investigation? Where are the pearls initially discovered? What does this reveal about Miss Van Schuyler? What does Poirot notice about the recovered pearls? What does he feel is significant about this? Who does it turn out stole the real pearls? For what reason? Who put this person up to the theft? For what reason? Why does Poirot agree to allow this thief to go free? How does this impact the future of the thief? How does this impact a relationship between the thief and a potential new lover?
Essay Topic 3
Why does Jackie remain in the saloon long after everyone has left in chapter 12? Who does she encourage to remain with her? For what reason? With whom does Jackie pick a fight? For what apparent reason? How does this person respond to Jackie? What happens when Jackie pulls out a gun? Where does the gun end up? Who takes Jackie from the room? For what reason? Where is Jackie taken? Who is assigned to remain with Jackie? How does this provide Jackie with an alibi the following morning?
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