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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Poirot believes which of the clues could be a fake?
(a) Broken watch
(b) Pipe cleaner
(c) Handkerchief
(d) Burned note

5. What are the real identities of Debenham and Freebody?
(a) Daisy Armstrong's brothers
(b) Ratchett's accomplices
(c) Police detectives
(d) Department store owners

6. Who is Antonio Foscarelli?
(a) Diplomatic attache
(b) Prinvate investigator
(c) Researcher
(d) An immigrant car salesman

7. Who lied regarding his/her first name?
(a) Countess Andrenyi
(b) Mrs. Hubbard
(c) Cyrus Hardman
(d) Miss Debenham

8. Why does Constantine claim that the Princess could not have killed Ratchett?
(a) She has a solid alibi
(b) Too short
(c) Not enough strength
(d) They were secretly married

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

10. 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

11. What is the real identity of the Countess?
(a) Mrs. Armstrong's younger sister
(b) Investigator for the train company
(c) Ratchett's wife
(d) The Princess' mother

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

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

14. To whom does Poirot refer as a "highly suspicious character?"
(a) Mrs. Hubbard
(b) Princess Dragomiroff
(c) Miss Debenham
(d) Pierre Michel

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Poirot suspect Countess Andrenyi?

2. Who is worried about being the last person to see Ratchett alive?

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

4. What is the difference between the even numbered and the odd numbered compartments?

5. Who is Masterman's alibi?

(see the answer keys)

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