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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Superintendent Battle partnered with?
(a) Miss Meredith.
(b) Colonel Race.
(c) Hercule Poirot.
(d) Major Despard.

2. What does Shaitana invite Poirot to attend?
(a) A film event.
(b) A theater performance.
(c) A dance.
(d) A dinner party.

3. What does the doctor give to the sleuth while leaving on his rounds?
(a) His tape recorder.
(b) His lens.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His keys.

4. What does Shaitana say that doctors have?
(a) Special opportunities.
(b) Good luck.
(c) Plenty of resources.
(d) Plenty of money.

5. Who are the four sleuths?
(a) Hercule Poirot, Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, Mrs. Lorrimer, and Major Despard.
(b) Hercule Poirot, Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, Superintendent Battle, and Colonel Race.
(c) Major Despard, Mr. Shaitana, Anne Meredith, and Dr. Roberts.
(d) Dr. Roberts, Major Despard, Mrs. Lorrimer, and Anne Meredith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Lorrimer partnered with?

2. How does the author leave the reader feeling about Poirot and criminals by the end of Chapter 1?

3. Who is cheerful and ebullient in nature, and seems an unlikely murder suspect?

4. Who is lovely, genteel, and elderly in Chapter 2?

5. What does Poirot say about Shaitana's plan?

(see the answer key)

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