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

2. Who lied regarding his/her first name?
(a) Miss Debenham
(b) Mrs. Hubbard
(c) Cyrus Hardman
(d) Countess Andrenyi

3. What is the real identity of the Countess?
(a) Investigator for the train company
(b) Ratchett's wife
(c) The Princess' mother
(d) Mrs. Armstrong's younger sister

4. What topic does Poirot discuss with Hardman?
(a) Murder
(b) Police work
(c) Cars
(d) Women

5. What item does Poirot retrieve from his compartment?
(a) Glasses
(b) Cigarettes
(c) Burned note
(d) Jacket

Short Answer Questions

1. Who turns out to be Daisy Armstrong's former nurse?

2. What is discovered in Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag?

3. To whom does Poirot refer as a "highly suspicious character?"

4. What is the difference between the even numbered and the odd numbered compartments?

5. What is different about Mrs. Hubbard's new compartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Poirot believe some of the clues have been faked?

2. Which of Poirot's questions trips up Miss Debenham?

3. What item is found in Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag?

4. How does Poirot think the outcome would have changed if the police had been involved?

5. What caused the murderers' original plan to go awry?

6. How did Colonel Arbuthnot react to Poirot's inquiry about the pipe cleaner?

7. What does Poirot find when he goes to his compartment to get his cigarettes?

8. How does Dr. Constantine describe Miss Debenham?

9. What was Miss Debenham's reaction when Poirot asked if she was upset about Ratchett's death?

10. What item convinces Bouc and Constantine that Poirot is on the right track?

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