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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. In chapter 20, what do Poirot and Race discover their visitor has brought to them?
2. In chapter 29, who does Poirot suggest was drugged the night Linnet was murdered?
3. In chapter 31, who is to be escorted off the ship first?
4. In chapter 19, what does Poirot suggest is Mrs. Otterbourne's hidden vice?
5. To whom in chapter 19 does Poirot comment on the vision of the moon after the sun has disappeared, a thought both Simon Doyle and Jackie de Bellefort have previously expressed to him?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In chapter 23, what do Poirot and Race find while investigating the death of Linnet Doyle's maid?
3. In chapter 24, which passengers are immediate suspects in the death of Mrs. Otterbourne? Why?
4. In chapter 18, Poirot and Race interview Mr. Pennington. Who does Mr. Pennington suggest is the killer? What reason does Mr. Pennington give for quickly leaving the interview?
5. In chapter 31, what happens when Jackie and Simon are escorted off of the cruise ship to be turned over to police custody?
6. In chapter 26, why does Poirot accuse Mr. Fanthrop of lying about his true identity? What reason does Mr. Fanthrop give for being on the cruise ship?
7. In chapter 20, why do Race and Poirot have all the passengers searched? What are they looking for?
8. In chapter 24, why is Mrs. Otterbourne killed?
9. In chapter 31, who does Cornelia announce she plans to marry? For what reason?
10. In chapter 21, what does Poirot discover about the pearls?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Who is Hercule Poirot? What does he do for a living? How do people know about Poirot and his career choices? Where does Poirot choose to go on vacation? How does his fame interfere with Poirot's vacation? How does Poirot come to meet Linnet Ridgeway? What significant event has taken place in Linnet's life in the past six months? How has it changed Linnet's life? Why does Linnet seek out Poirot's advice during her honeymoon? What does Linnet hope Poirot can do for her? Can he?
Essay Topic 3
Who is Jackie? What happened to Jackie's family money? Why is this significant? Who is Simon? How does Jackie feel about Simon? What does Poirot overhear Jackie and Simon talking about? What does Poirot take from this conversation? How does Jackie know Linnet? Why does Jackie go to Linnet for help? What kind of help does Jackie ask for? What is Linnet's response? What does this say about the relationship between Jackie and Linnet?
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