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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Major Despard claim to have saved his employer from drowning?
(a) By running away with his wife.
(b) By shooting him in the leg.
(c) By throwing him a line.
(d) By ripping his shirt off.

2. What does Mrs. Lorrimer request from Poirot?
(a) A gift.
(b) A testimony.
(c) A pardon.
(d) A visit.

3. What is Maj. Despard able to recall about the objects in the room during the night of the murder?
(a) Clothing and jewelry.
(b) Paintings and vases.
(c) Table and chairs.
(d) Rugs and two knickknacks.

4. What does Shaitana do to women after learning their secrets?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Steals their money.
(c) Publicly humiliates them.
(d) Takes advantage.

5. Who visits Dr. Roberts before getting inoculations to go abroad?
(a) Miss Meredith.
(b) Mrs. Craddock.
(c) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(d) Mr. Craddock.

6. How does Anne feel around Rhoda?
(a) Like a wallflower.
(b) Like a thief.
(c) Like a beggar.
(d) Like a lover.

7. How does Poirot entertain Rhoda?
(a) With singing and playing the piano.
(b) With a viewing of a knife.
(c) With hilarious jokes.
(d) With a theater performance.

8. Who discovers the dead body in Chapter 28?
(a) Col. Race.
(b) Dr. Roberts.
(c) Anne Meredith.
(d) Mrs. Lorrimer.

9. Whom does Maj. Despard appear to have intense disdain for?
(a) Poirot.
(b) Mrs. Oliver.
(c) Meredith.
(d) Shaitana.

10. What was Dr. Roberts apparently guilty of that made his patient furious?
(a) Stealing the patient's money.
(b) Giving the patient the wrong medicine.
(c) Impropriety with the patient's wife.
(d) Lying about his records.

11. What does Poirot tell Battle they must do quickly?
(a) Steal the map.
(b) Close in on Anne.
(c) Find the fugitive.
(d) Round up the suspects.

12. Who does Poirot think that Maj. Despard is referring to as being spiritually blackmailed?
(a) Miss Burgess.
(b) Col. Race.
(c) A woman of his past.
(d) Miss Meredith.

13. What does Mrs. Lorrimer confess to picking up while playing dummy?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A rope.
(d) A pitcher.

14. Who is assigned to go visit the widow of Maj. Despard's former employer?
(a) Battle.
(b) Poirot.
(c) Mrs. Lorrimer.
(d) Mrs. Oliver.

15. Who is romantically involved by the end of Chapter 29?
(a) Despard and Rhoda.
(b) Oliver and Claudia.
(c) Despard and Anne.
(d) Burgess and Hastings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Poirot compliment Mrs. Lorrimer with?

2. Who does the parlor maid say that Dr. Roberts had an argument with?

3. Where does Poirot have a meeting with Maj. Despard?

4. What does Mrs. Lorrimer confess to?

5. Who is the sergeant that interrogates the parlor maid?

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