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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many times did Dr. Roberts leave his table on the night of the murder?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.
2. What is different about the reference that Poirot makes compared to the conversation he is having with Mrs. Lorrimer?
(a) It has not been revealed.
(b) It is so subtle that it escapes detection.
(c) It requires a lot of knowledge.
(d) It can only be understood by a murderer.
3. How does Shaitana respond to Poirot's opinion of his plan?
(a) He gets excited about it.
(b) He dismisses it.
(c) He gets angry about it.
(d) He agrees with it.
4. What emotion did Shaitana invoke in Miss Meredith when he first met her?
(a) Desire.
(b) Fear.
(c) Loathing.
(d) Envy.
5. What does Shaitana say that doctors have?
(a) Good luck.
(b) Plenty of money.
(c) Plenty of resources.
(d) Special opportunities.
6. Who is the second person that Superintendent Battle calls for?
(a) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(b) Col. Race.
(c) Miss Meredith.
(d) Dr. Roberts.
7. In the room where Mrs. Oliver is seated, whom is she partnered with?
(a) Miss Meredith.
(b) Colonel Race.
(c) Major Despard.
(d) Hercule Poirot.
8. How can vital clues be found from suspects, according to Poirot?
(a) Interrogating them till dawn.
(b) Torturing them.
(c) Wire-tapping their homes.
(d) Digging into their pasts.
9. What kind of relationship does Anne have with her employer?
(a) They are enemies.
(b) They are strained.
(c) They are cold.
(d) They are friends.
10. What does the author tell us about Poirot?
(a) He is agile.
(b) He is slow.
(c) He is overweight.
(d) He is ridiculous.
11. What does Shaitana say is his preferred method of murder?
(a) Strangling.
(b) Shooting accident.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Poison.
12. Who is cheerful and ebullient in nature, and seems an unlikely murder suspect?
(a) Colonel Race.
(b) Dr. Roberts.
(c) Mrs. Ariadne Oliver.
(d) Major Despard.
13. Where did Mrs. Lorrimer meet Shaitana?
(a) In Edinburgh.
(b) In London.
(c) In Egypt.
(d) In Johannesburg.
14. How does the second interview go?
(a) More quickly than the first.
(b) It is delayed.
(c) Ends abruptly.
(d) More slowly than the first.
15. Who does Mrs. Lorrimer think is a show-off?
(a) Shaitana.
(b) Oliver.
(c) Battle.
(d) Poirot.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Poirot think Shaitana sealed his fate?
2. What does Superintendent Battle ask Poirot after the second interview?
3. What is the mystery writer prone to do with facts?
4. What does Shaitana invite Poirot to attend?
5. What does Shaitana discuss with his dinner guests about sleeping sickness?
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