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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter 7, which lady spends a few hours with Poirot?
(a) Mrs. Allerton.
(b) Mrs. Doyle.
(c) Miss Otterbourne.
(d) Mrs. Otterbourne.

2. Where did Colonel Race learn that his agitator would be on the cruise ship?
(a) From a police informant.
(b) From a coded letter.
(c) From an accomplice of the agitator.
(d) Police intuition.

3. How does Simon Doyle respond when Poirot asks in chapter 6 if he is still in love with Jackie?
(a) Jackie will always be his first love.
(b) He never loved Jackie in the first place.
(c) Jackie no longer exists to him.
(d) Jackie will always be like a little sister to him.

4. Who compliments Linnet Doyle in chapter 9 for her behavior while signing documents for Mr.Pennington?
(a) Mr. Fanthrop.
(b) Mr. Allerton.
(c) Miss van Schuyler.
(d) Mrs. Otterbourne.

5. What is the Karnak?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A tour line.
(c) A city on the Nile.
(d) The cruise ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 10, what objects do most of the passengers leave their cruise ship to tour?

2. What do many of the vacationers notice about Rosalie Otterbourne's behavior early in the novel?

3. Where is Cornelia from?

4. Why does Poirot suggest that Linnet Doyle has put up with harassment on her honeymoon?

5. What ship did Mr. Pennington supposedly sail on from New York to Egypt?

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