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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was so strange about Ratchett's decree that everything was okay?
(a) Tone
(b) What he said
(c) Language
(d) To whom he was speaking

2. Where was Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag located?
(a) In the bath
(b) Under the bed
(c) In the closet
(d) On the door handle

3. What does Mrs. Hubbard insist on showing to the investigators?
(a) Appendix scar
(b) Letter
(c) Footprints
(d) Photos

4. About what did Miss Debenham lie?
(a) Her affair with Colonel Arbuthnot
(b) Knowing Cassetti
(c) Recognizing the Countess
(d) Missing the train in Syria

5. Why does Poirot suspect more than one murderer?
(a) Wounds were at varying heights
(b) Wounds were left and right handed
(c) Ratchett had many enemies
(d) Mrs. Hubbard heard two additional voices

6. Where is Miss Debenham working temporarily?
(a) Budapest
(b) Baghdad
(c) Berlin
(d) Bolivia

7. Poirot gives Michel a list of passengers and second list containing what?
(a) Altered train schedule
(b) Suspects
(c) Alibis
(d) 10 questions

8. What topic does Miss Debenham find impertinent?
(a) Having an affair
(b) Marriage
(c) Murder
(d) Gambling

9. What object is found in Hildegarde's luggage?
(a) Conductor's uniform
(b) Knife
(c) Gun
(d) A letter from Ratchett

10. Who most likely reported Ratchett's nightmare?
(a) Michel
(b) Ratchett
(c) Murderer
(d) Cassetti

11. Who is Poirot most interested in at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Miss Debenham
(b) Dr. Constantine
(c) Unknown conductor
(d) Hildegarde Schmidt

12. Who is Masterman's alibi?
(a) Hardman
(b) Michel
(c) Foscarelli
(d) Debenham

13. What is the Countess afraid of?
(a) Spiders
(b) Being wrongly accused
(c) Having her luggage stolen
(d) Being the next victim

14. What did the Princess lie about?
(a) Recognizing the Countess
(b) Not owning a red kimono
(c) Being from Russia
(d) Having an affair with Ratchett

15. What is different about Mrs. Hubbard's new compartment?
(a) There is no difference
(b) It has an even number
(c) It is equipped with two beds
(d) It has a private bath

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Princess Dragomiroff's first name?

2. Why does Poirot suspect Countess Andrenyi?

3. Who turns out to be Daisy Armstrong's former nurse?

4. What is discovered in Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag?

5. What about the case makes it intriguing to Poirot?

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