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

2. What is the name of Poirot's hotel?
(a) The Plaza
(b) Tokatlian Hotel
(c) Four Seasons
(d) Georges Cinq

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

4. What is Greta Ohlsson's destination?
(a) Switzerland
(b) Belgium
(c) France
(d) Luxembourg

5. Why was Masterman up most of the night?
(a) Insomnia
(b) Playing cards
(c) Motion sick
(d) Toothache

Short Answer Questions

1. The Countess' housecoat is the color of what object?

2. Who refers to Poirot as harmless and peculiar?

3. What is strange about the door leading outside?

4. What is Mrs. Hubbard's native country?

5. Ratchett supposedly put what item on his bedside table?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was last person to see Ratchett alive?

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

3. What causes the delay on the train?

4. What is Ratchett's reaction when he realizes that Poirot is now his neighbor?

5. How is Ratchett murdered?

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

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

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

9. What was unusual about the Count's passport?

10. How did Ratchett respond when Pierre Michel answered the bell?

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