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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the diplomat?
(a) Gildersleeve
(b) Conway
(c) Ratchett
(d) Bouc

2. Who was the last person to see the victim alive?
(a) Poirot
(b) Mrs. Hubbard
(c) Pierre
(d) MacQueen

3. What is Greta Ohlsson's destination?
(a) France
(b) Switzerland
(c) Luxembourg
(d) Belgium

4. What is the woman in the hallway wearing?
(a) Large white hat
(b) Red kimono
(c) Bedsheet
(d) Wetsuit

5. What caused the spot on the Count's passport?
(a) Pencil
(b) Lipstick
(c) Grease
(d) Coffee

6. Where does the train stop in the night?
(a) Belgrade
(b) Budapest
(c) Bologna
(d) Belarus

7. Who sleeps in the berth between Poirot and Mrs. Hubbard?
(a) Col. Arbuthnot
(b) Conductor
(c) Harris
(d) Ratchett

8. What is Ratchett's native land?
(a) England
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Egypt
(d) Hungary

9. How is Linda Arden related to Mrs. Armstrong?
(a) Sister
(b) Mother
(c) Third cousin
(d) Aunt

10. Why was Masterman up most of the night?
(a) Playing cards
(b) Insomnia
(c) Motion sick
(d) Toothache

11. Which of these things was not part of the curious crime scene?
(a) Locked door
(b) Open window
(c) Extremely deep wounds
(d) Smell of burned hair

12. What is the conductor's first name?
(a) Hercule
(b) Pierre
(c) Michel
(d) Marcel

13. What item does Poirot request from the conductor?
(a) matches
(b) water
(c) pillow
(d) newspaper

14. Which of these was not one of the clues at the crime scene?
(a) Torn umbrella
(b) Handkerchief
(c) Pipe cleaner
(d) Broken watch

15. What unusual characteristic does the supposed attacker have?
(a) Warts
(b) Limp
(c) Tattoos
(d) Womanish voice

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the family that died?

2. Where did Colonel Arbuthnot board the train?

3. Who refers to Poirot as harmless and peculiar?

4. Poirot, Michel and MacQueen all saw what clue?

5. How was MacQueen's father related to Cassetti?

(see the answer keys)

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