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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term does Poirot use to describe Nick?
(a) Loose goose.
(b) Featherhead.
(c) Uptight.
(d) Flighty.

2. What is Mrs. Croft's profession?
(a) Cop.
(b) Forger.
(c) Prostitute.
(d) Doctor.

3. Who is Freddie and Nick's drug dealer?
(a) Challenger.
(b) Lazarus.
(c) Graham.
(d) Vyse.

4. Which character makes his first appearance in this part of the story?
(a) Weston.
(b) Williams.
(c) Graham.
(d) Japp.

5. When speaking to Nick at the nursing home Poirot compares himself to which toy?
(a) Jack in the box.
(b) Spinning top.
(c) Rollerskate.
(d) Unicycle.

6. Poirot questions Ellen about her husband's ______.
(a) Mental state.
(b) Work.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Family history.

7. Hastings wakes up with a bout of which illness?
(a) Flu.
(b) Diarrhea.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Cold.

8. What word is used to describe Ellen?
(a) Nosy.
(b) Conscientious.
(c) Enigma.
(d) Bitty.

9. What word would Poirot use to describe Nick's lifestyle?
(a) Haphazard.
(b) Disorganized.
(c) Fastidious.
(d) Tidy.

10. Who is arriving from in town later that day?
(a) Maggie's parents.
(b) Charles Vyse.
(c) Jim Lazarus.
(d) Michael Seton.

11. Who is going to be the main character in Poirot's play?
(a) Hastings.
(b) Scrooge.
(c) Nick.
(d) Ghost.

12. Poirot requires which type of food to be shaped in a square?
(a) Pie.
(b) Meatloaf.
(c) Biscuits.
(d) Toast.

13. Poirot is upset because he feels he has been ____.
(a) Outwitted.
(b) Fleeting.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Blindsided.

14. What is the name of the Chief Constable?
(a) Wharton.
(b) Wickersham.
(c) Weston.
(d) Williamson.

15. Graham says the person who doctored the chocolates is _____.
(a) Efficient.
(b) Clever.
(c) Clumsy.
(d) Amateurish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poirot decides to fake _____ with the help of the police.

2. Hastings begs Poirot to contact ____ with news of Nick's recovery.

3. Which of the following begs for a cover up?

4. At what time did the chocolates arrive?

5. Which item is not found in Nick's underwear drawer?

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