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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Poirot consider as a possible motive?
(a) Blackmail
(b) Revenge
(c) Jealousy
(d) Robbery

2. What strange thing did Mrs. Hubbard see in her compartment?
(a) Poodle
(b) Black widow
(c) Rat
(d) Man

3. What is strange about the door leading outside?
(a) It is unlocked
(b) It is missing
(c) It is locked
(d) Its window is broken

4. Who do Princess Dragomiroff and Mrs. Armstrong have in common?
(a) Linda Arden
(b) Cassetti
(c) Miss Debenham
(d) Mrs. Hubbard

5. What proof does Mrs. Hubbard offer?
(a) Pipe cleaner
(b) Button
(c) Handkerchief
(d) Footprint

6. What is MacQueen's reaction to learning about the victim's alias?
(a) Disgust
(b) Fear
(c) Anger
(d) Amusement

7. Who is the only person to admit to smoking a pipe?
(a) Pierre Michel
(b) Cyrus Hardman
(c) Colonel Armstrong
(d) Colonel Arbuthnot

8. What does Ratchett offer to Poirot?
(a) dessert
(b) seat at dinner
(c) ambassadorship
(d) big money

9. What was MacQueen's job with Ratchett?
(a) Bodyguard
(b) Valet
(c) Accountant
(d) Secretary

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

11. Who is the first to be interviewed?
(a) Pierre
(b) Bouc
(c) Poirot
(d) Ratchett

12. What wakes the passengers?
(a) Screeching brakes
(b) Loud cry
(c) Clanging bells
(d) Crying baby

13. Where does Poirot board the train?
(a) Siberia
(b) Syria
(c) Salerno
(d) Sicily

14. Who is the murder victim?
(a) Michel
(b) MacQueen
(c) Ratchett
(d) Poirot

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Poirot request from the conductor?

2. What does Princess Dragomiroff refer to as an admirable happening?

3. Who manages to get Poirot a first class berth?

4. Ratchett supposedly put what item on his bedside table?

5. What is the Countess' first name?

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