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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Linda Arden related to Mrs. Armstrong?
(a) Third cousin
(b) Mother
(c) Sister
(d) Aunt

2. Who manages to get Poirot a first class berth?
(a) Bouc
(b) Arbuthnot
(c) Harris
(d) MacQueen

3. What crime did Cassetti commit?
(a) Counterfeiting
(b) Embezzlement
(c) Murder
(d) Forgery

4. How was MacQueen's father related to Cassetti?
(a) MacQueen's father was Casseti's archenemy
(b) MacQueen's father was Cassetti's business partner
(c) MacQueen's father was Cassetti's uncle
(d) MacQueen's father was the prosecutor in Cassetti's case

5. Where are the interviews conducted?
(a) Restaurant car
(b) Poirot's compartment
(c) Calais Coach
(d) Train station office

Short Answer Questions

1. What is strange about the door leading outside?

2. What does Poirot consider as a possible motive?

3. What is the name of Poirot's hotel?

4. What time was the crime supposedly committed?

5. What is the initial on the handkerchief?

Short Essay Questions

1. What items did Poirot collect for examination?

2. For what reason is Poirot's berth changed?

3. How does Bouc describe Michel?

4. What were MacQueen's thoughts about Ratchett?

5. What item was found that backed up Mrs. Hubbard's story?

6. What was Poirot's reply when MacQueen questioned his identification?

7. Why was Ratchett's response considered to be strange?

8. Why did MacQueen go to see Ratchett that evening?

9. Why is M. Bouc concerned about Poirot's line of questioning with accounting Countess?

10. What prompts the military officer to stay in Poirot's company at the train station?

(see the answer keys)

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