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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the surname of the Prime Minister?
(a) Churchill.
(b) Blair.
(c) Thatcher.
(d) MacAdam.

2. What kind of building is the Grand Metropolitan?
(a) Theater.
(b) Hotel.
(c) Opera house.
(d) Museum.

3. Where was the Prime Minister shot and grazed by a bullet?
(a) Cheek.
(b) Leg.
(c) Shoulder.
(d) Foot.

4. What was the cause of death for the most recent victim?
(a) Tetanus.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Poisonous snake bite.

5. Who had just made a phone call to the doctor's residence?
(a) Foscatini.
(b) Davenheim.
(c) Yardly.
(d) Valdano.

6. Davenheim planned to travel to which location on the day he disappeared?
(a) Marsdon.
(b) Monkswell.
(c) Montagu.
(d) Cedars.

7. What is the name of the doctor on staff at the excavation?
(a) Harper.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Ames.
(d) Tosswill.

8. The Prime Minister was scheduled to drive to which location after leaving London?
(a) Bath.
(b) Boulogne.
(c) Toulouse.
(d) Salisbury.

9. Who is Mr. Tosswill?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Archeologist.
(c) Excavator.
(d) British Museum official.

10. Working on a hunch Poirot tricks the would-be thieves into giving up what item?
(a) Home addresses.
(b) Real identities.
(c) Cell phones.
(d) Fingerprints.

11. What was the purpose of the trip taken by Davenheim?
(a) Get cold medicine.
(b) Make a deposit.
(c) Post letters.
(d) Place some bets.

12. Where is the Metropolitan Music Hall located?
(a) Kellet Drive.
(b) Edgeware Road.
(c) Charing Cross.
(d) High Street.

13. The inspector has plans with the two men to do what?
(a) Watch boat races.
(b) Have tea.
(c) Have dinner.
(d) Play cricket.

14. Which policeman are Hastings and Poirot waiting for at the beginning of the story?
(a) Japp.
(b) Harmon.
(c) Daniels.
(d) Dodge.

15. What is the surname of the couple that Poirot meets at the Grand Metropolitan?
(a) Opalsen.
(b) Ogershok.
(c) Orszulak.
(d) Olsen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Davenheim had traveled to which country the previous autumn?

2. Mr. Davenheim disappeared at what location?

3. What item does the wife want to show to Poirot and Hastings?

4. What item is given to Poirot with the hopes of poisoning the great detective?

5. What was the name of the military officer that was accompanying the Prime Minister at the time of the kidnapping?

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