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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. What proof does Mrs. Hubbard offer?
(a) Pipe cleaner
(b) Button
(c) Handkerchief
(d) Footprint

2. What strange thing did Mrs. Hubbard see in her compartment?
(a) Poodle
(b) Black widow
(c) Rat
(d) Man

3. Who is anxious to see Poirot?
(a) Princess Dragomiroff
(b) Mrs. Hubbard
(c) Pierre Michel
(d) Colonel Armstrong

4. Who is Cyrus Hardman?
(a) Train engineer
(b) Murderer
(c) Private investigator
(d) Movie star

5. Where did Colonel Arbuthnot board the train?
(a) Belgium
(b) Wales
(c) Italy
(d) Syria

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ratchett offer to Poirot?

2. What unusual characteristic does the supposed attacker have?

3. Which item was not requested from the conductor?

4. Why does Ratchett approach Poirot?

5. Where does Poirot board the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Hubbard nervous?

2. What causes the delay on the train?

3. Why did the Poirot blow powder on to Ratchett's window?

4. How does Bouc describe Michel?

5. What is mysterious about the berth in which Ratchett is murdered?

6. What items did Poirot collect for examination?

7. Where did the Count spend time during the Armstrong investigation?

8. What is so odd about Miss Debenham's association with Colonel Arbuthnot?

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

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

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