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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Miss Debenham's first name?
(a) Mary
(b) Margo
(c) Mae
(d) Nevis
2. What item does Poirot retrieve from his compartment?
(a) Glasses
(b) Cigarettes
(c) Burned note
(d) Jacket
3. What accusation does Poirot present to Miss Debenham?
(a) That she murdered Ratchett
(b) That she was blackmailing Colonel Arbuthnot
(c) That she was Miss Freebody
(d) That she owned the red kimono
4. What is odd about the label on the Countess' luggage?
(a) It is damp
(b) It has a different name on it
(c) It is in English
(d) It is torn
5. What was Masterman's relationship with Colonel Armstrong?
(a) Brother
(b) Valet
(c) Secretary
(d) Best friend
6. What does Poirot find odd about Princess Dragomiroff's maid?
(a) Age
(b) Nationality
(c) Education
(d) Temperment
7. M. Bouc is suspicious of what nationality?
(a) Hungarians
(b) Italians
(c) Americans
(d) Brits
8. What is discovered in Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag?
(a) Flask of whiskey
(b) Bloody knife
(c) Severed finger
(d) Conductor's uniform
9. What is the Countess afraid of?
(a) Spiders
(b) Being wrongly accused
(c) Being the next victim
(d) Having her luggage stolen
10. 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
11. Why was the luggage damp?
(a) Michel spilled water on it
(b) No one knows
(c) To soak off the ID label
(d) It fell into the snow
12. Where was Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag located?
(a) On the door handle
(b) In the bath
(c) Under the bed
(d) In the closet
13. Who claims to own the handkerchief?
(a) Miss Harris
(b) Countess Andrenyi
(c) Princess Dragomiroff
(d) Mrs. Hubbard
14. What about the case makes it intriguing to Poirot?
(a) Deceit
(b) Impossibility
(c) Location
(d) Ease
15. Why does the Countess claim to remember so little?
(a) She was asleep
(b) She was away at school
(c) She was drugged
(d) She was very young
Short Answer Questions
1. What suspicious item is located in Colonel Arbuthnot's luggage?
2. What is the profession of Hildegarde Schmidt?
3. What does Mrs. Hubbard insist on showing to the investigators?
4. Poirot believes which of the clues could be a fake?
5. Where is Miss Debenham working temporarily?
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