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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. What possibly altered the murderer's plan?
(a) Being interrupted by Mrs. Hubbard
(b) Getting stuck in the snowdrift
(c) Ratchett wasn't in his compartment
(d) The unknown conductor

2. What is the real reason Poirot refuses Ratchett?
(a) Poirot is too tired
(b) Ratchett is overbearing and rude
(c) Poirot is running late for an appointment
(d) Poirot does not like Ratchett's face

3. What is the Count's native country?
(a) Brazil
(b) Hungary
(c) Syria
(d) Canada

4. How does MacQueen describe Mrs. Armstrong?
(a) Loud and obnoxious
(b) Gentle and heartbroken
(c) Sly and witty
(d) Abrasive and manipulative

5. What about the case makes it intriguing to Poirot?
(a) Ease
(b) Impossibility
(c) Location
(d) Deceit

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom is Greta Ohlsson sharing a compartment?

2. What profession did Miss Freebody hold?

3. Which passenger does Poirot suspect of traveling under an alias?

4. In Russian the letter N appears as what letter in English?

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

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