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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the train to stop unexpectedly in the middle of the night?
(a) Animals have wandered onto the tracks
(b) There is a mechanical failure
(c) It gets stuck in a snowdrift
(d) The conductor is murdered

2. What is special about the Count's passport?
(a) It is a diplomatic passport
(b) It is a forgery
(c) It is from Spain
(d) It has been stolen

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

4. What is the Countess' first name?
(a) Elena
(b) Audrey
(c) Esther
(d) Anna

5. Where are the interviews conducted?
(a) Train station office
(b) Restaurant car
(c) Poirot's compartment
(d) Calais Coach

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

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

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

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

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

11. Where was Michel at the time of the murder?
(a) In the restaurant car
(b) At his desk
(c) In his compartment
(d) In the bathroom

12. What is the profession of the silent man in black?
(a) musician
(b) manservant
(c) conductor
(d) barrister

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Poirot use to rule out suspects?

2. The Countess' housecoat is the color of what object?

3. Who investigates the noise?

4. What is strange about the door leading outside?

5. With whom is Greta Ohlsson sharing a compartment?

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