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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. What does Linnet Ridgeway hire Simon Doyle to do?
2. Why does Poirot say he cannot stop Jackie from her plan to seek revenge against Linnet and Simon Doyle?
3. In chapter 16, what does Poirot claim does not make sense in the investigation?
4. What is Poirot doing when approached by another vacationer in chapter 4?
5. With whom does Poirot tour Ez-Zebua in chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In chapter 10, who does Poirot speak to about Linnet? What does he learn?
3. In chapter 14, Poirot and Race interview Simon Doyle about the death of his wife. Who does Simon immediately defend as the murderer? Who does Simon suggest might have committed the murder?
4. In chapter 9, what is odd about Mrs. Otterbourne's behavior?
5. In chapter 5, what does Jackie tell Poirot about her relationship with Simon?
6. 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?
7. In chapter 11, an old acquaintance of Poirot's boards the ship. Who is this person and why is he there?
8. What is Poirot's first assessment of Simon and Linnet when he sees them on board the Karnak? How does this assessment soon change?
9. In chapter 15, why does one of the ship's engineers claim he disliked Linnet Doyle?
10. What does Jackie show Poirot in chapter 5? What is significant about this item?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What one thing do several of the passengers report hearing about the time of the murder? What is significant about this? What do the sailors find in the river upon searching at Poirot's request? What is this item wrapped in? What is significant about this? What bothers Poirot about this? Who saw Rosalie at the railings about the time of the murder the night before? What was Rosalie doing? Why does Rosalie initially deny being on the deck? Who did Rosalie see that night? Why does she refuse to tell anyone about this sighting? What comes of this information?
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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