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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why couldn't the unknown conductor be one of the people Poirot had met?
(a) The unknown conductor was the only one to lose a button
(b) All of their voices were masculine
(c) Build was too small
(d) Unknown conductor was probably a woman

2. What is the Countess afraid of?
(a) Having her luggage stolen
(b) Spiders
(c) Being the next victim
(d) Being wrongly accused

3. What topic does Miss Debenham find impertinent?
(a) Gambling
(b) Marriage
(c) Murder
(d) Having an affair

4. In what season does the story take place?
(a) winter
(b) spring
(c) autumn
(d) summer

5. Where did Colonel Arbuthnot board the train?
(a) Wales
(b) Italy
(c) Syria
(d) Belgium

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of the silent man in black?

2. What causes the train to stop unexpectedly in the middle of the night?

3. What is the woman in the hallway wearing?

4. Why does Poirot suspect more than one murderer?

5. How does Poirot categorize Miss Debenham?

(see the answer key)

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