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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What profession did Miss Freebody hold?
(a) Dance instructor
(b) Governess
(c) Upstairs maid
(d) Tutor

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

5. How does the Countess react to having her luggage searched?
(a) Amused
(b) Disinterested
(c) Flustered
(d) Angry

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

7. Why was the luggage damp?
(a) It fell into the snow
(b) To soak off the ID label
(c) Michel spilled water on it
(d) No one knows

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

9. Who turns out to be Armstrong's former chauffeur?
(a) Hardman
(b) Bouc
(c) Foscarelli
(d) Michel

10. What event is temporarily held up by the investigation?
(a) Embarkation
(b) Social hour
(c) Dinner
(d) Train stop

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

12. Poirot suspects the murderer of being __________________.
(a) careless
(b) dispassionate
(c) vengeful
(d) professional

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

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

15. M. Bouc is suspicious of what nationality?
(a) Brits
(b) Hungarians
(c) Italians
(d) Americans

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag located?

2. Why does the Countess claim to remember so little?

3. Why does Poirot have to have special permission to search the Count and Countess' luggage?

4. What suspicious item is located in Colonel Arbuthnot's luggage?

5. What is the real identity of the Countess?

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