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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Colonel Armstrong?
(a) Daisy Armstrong's brother
(b) Poirot's cousin
(c) Owner of the train company
(d) British War hero

2. Who spent a year in Washington?
(a) Princess Dragomiroff
(b) Pierre Michel
(c) MacQueen
(d) Count Andrenyi

3. Who investigates the noise?
(a) Poirot
(b) Buoc
(c) Ratchett
(d) Conductor

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

5. Who is Princess Dragomiroff?
(a) Poirot's traveling companion
(b) Russian aristocrat
(c) Serbian spy
(d) Ratchett's sister

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

7. Which passenger did not ring the bell during the night?
(a) Dragomiroff
(b) Michel
(c) Hubbard
(d) Ratchett

8. What was the name of the family that died?
(a) Armstrong
(b) Ratchett
(c) Cassetti
(d) MacQueen

9. Masterman denies going to what location?
(a) Calais Coach
(b) Ratchett's compartment
(c) England
(d) America

10. What is Mrs. Hubbard's native country?
(a) Sweden
(b) England
(c) America
(d) Canada

11. For what ailment did Ratchett take medication?
(a) Motion sickness
(b) Epilepsy
(c) Earache
(d) Sleeplessness

12. What is the initial on the handkerchief?
(a) A
(b) H
(c) D
(d) R

13. What is the first name of detective Poirot?
(a) Howard
(b) Hercule
(c) Jacques
(d) Herman

14. Which item was not requested from the conductor?
(a) sleeping arrangements
(b) passenger tickets
(c) train departure schedule
(d) passports

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the spot on the Count's passport?

2. What does Ratchett offer to Poirot?

3. What is the real reason Poirot refuses Ratchett?

4. What is the name of Poirot's hotel?

5. Why does the train stop?

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