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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Poirot learn of the connection to Daisy Armstrong?
(a) Lucky guess
(b) Suspect's confession
(c) A note
(d) Conductor told him

8. The conductor stopped to speak to a colleague about what subject?
(a) Noisy passengers
(b) Coffee
(c) Switching shifts
(d) Snow

9. Who is Cyrus Hardman?
(a) Movie star
(b) Murderer
(c) Private investigator
(d) Train engineer

10. What is the name of the luxury train?
(a) Orient Express
(b) Calais Coach
(c) Egyptian Caboose
(d) EuroRail

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

12. What does Princess Dragomiroff refer to as an admirable happening?
(a) Daisy's kidnapping
(b) Ratchett's murder
(c) Heavy snowfall
(d) Poirot's presence

13. What name was Cassetti also known by?
(a) Sanderson
(b) Ratchett
(c) Armstrong
(d) Michel

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ratchett offer to Poirot?

2. What is the conductor's first name?

3. Which of these things was not part of the curious crime scene?

4. What strange thing did Mrs. Hubbard see in her compartment?

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

(see the answer keys)

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