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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. Who does Poirot say in chapter 7 governs the affairs of life and death?
2. For what reason does Mr. Fanthrop suggest in chapter 13 that no one heard the shot in the salon that Jackie fired at Simon Doyle?
3. What word does Poirot ask to have defined in chapter 11?
4. Whose gun was found in the river by ship's personnel in chapter 16?
5. Who informs Poirot in chapter 13 of Linnet Doyle's death?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In chapter 4, why does Linnet Doyle approach Poirot? What does she ask of him?
3. What is Poirot's first assessment of Simon and Linnet when he sees them on board the Karnak? How does this assessment soon change?
4. In chapter 5, what does Jackie tell Poirot about her relationship with Simon?
5. In chapter 6, who does Simon Doyle tell Poirot Mr. Pennington is? What is significant about Pennington's running into Linnet and Simon on their honeymoon?
6. 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?
7. In chapter 10, who does Poirot speak to about Linnet? What does he learn?
8. In chapter 2, what scene does Poirot witness between Linnet, Simon, and Jackie? What is significant about this scene?
9. In chapter 15, why does one of the ship's engineers claim he disliked Linnet Doyle?
10. In chapter 11, an old acquaintance of Poirot's boards the ship. Who is this person and why is he there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Who is Richetti? What does he do for a living? How does Poirot respond to him on their first meeting? Why does Richetti become annoyed with Linnet while on the cruise ship? What did Linnet do? For what reason? What type of weapon is found on Richetti during a search? How does he explain this weapon? Is it illegal? Who does Colonel Race later reveal Richetti to be? How does this knowledge come about?
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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