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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else does Poirot suspect of being employed at the Armstrong's house?
(a) Hubbard and Schmidt
(b) Arbuthnot and Andrenyi
(c) Ohlsson and MacQueen
(d) Hardman and Michel

2. What suspicious item is located in Colonel Arbuthnot's luggage?
(a) Box of pipe cleaners
(b) Packet of handkerchiefs
(c) Knife sheath
(d) Conductor's uniform

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

4. Why does Poirot have to have special permission to search the Count and Countess' luggage?
(a) The luggage contains valuable objects
(b) They have diplomatic immunity
(c) Royals have special privileges
(d) They own the train company

5. With what object does Poirot confront Colonel Arbuthnot?
(a) Missing button
(b) Forged passport
(c) Broken watch
(d) Pipe cleaner

6. Who is worried about being the last person to see Ratchett alive?
(a) Greta Ohlsson
(b) Hildegarde Schmidt
(c) Princess Dragomiroff
(d) Miss Debenham

7. Which passenger does Poirot suspect of traveling under an alias?
(a) Cyrus Hardman
(b) Countess Andrenyi
(c) Miss Debenham
(d) Colonel Arbuthnot

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

9. What item is found in Poirot's luggage?
(a) Forged passport
(b) Kimono
(c) Conductor's uniform
(d) Gun

10. What does Poirot find odd about Princess Dragomiroff's maid?
(a) Temperment
(b) Education
(c) Age
(d) Nationality

11. What is found in the pocket of the conductor's uniform?
(a) Silver pocket watch
(b) Pass key
(c) Gold coin
(d) Ratchett's pipe

12. What is Miss Debenham's first name?
(a) Mary
(b) Mae
(c) Margo
(d) Nevis

13. Poirot suspects the unknown conductor might also have the same identity as what other character?
(a) The woman in the kimono
(b) Princess Dragomiroff
(c) Count Andrenyi
(d) Pierre Michel

14. What is discovered in Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag?
(a) Conductor's uniform
(b) Flask of whiskey
(c) Bloody knife
(d) Severed finger

15. What does Poirot expect to find in Hildegarde's luggage?
(a) Loose buttons
(b) Uniform
(c) Knife
(d) Kimono

Short Answer Questions

1. What is odd about the label on the Countess' luggage?

2. In Russian the letter N appears as what letter in English?

3. What is different about Mrs. Hubbard's new compartment?

4. Who is Antonio Foscarelli?

5. Why does Poirot suspect more than one murderer?

(see the answer keys)

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