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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Linnet Doyle killed?
(a) A knife to the heart.
(b) A single shot to the chest.
(c) A single shot to the head.
(d) Multiple knife wounds to her body.

2. Where does Race hypothesize the murderer got the gun to kill Linnet Doyle?
(a) It is an exact duplicate of Jackie's gun.
(b) He stole it from the salon after Jackie dropped it.
(c) Jackie returned to the salon and reclaimed the gun.
(d) Jackie never dropped the gun in the first place.

3. Why does Jackie pull a gun on Simon Doyle in chapter 12?
(a) He attacked her.
(b) She promised to kill him rather than let another woman have him.
(c) She thinks she can force him to agree to a divorce at gunpoint.
(d) Her insulted her.

4. Why does Linnet Doyle change seats at dinner in chapter 3?
(a) To sit closer to her husband.
(b) To sit further from her husband.
(c) To avoid Jackie de Bellefort.
(d) To avoid Rosalie Otterbourne.

5. In chapter 19, what does Poirot suggest is Mrs. Otterbourne's hidden vice?
(a) She overeats.
(b) She smokes.
(c) She takes drugs.
(d) She drinks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose gun was found in the river by ship's personnel in chapter 16?

2. Why does Jackie claim Simon fell in love with Linnet?

3. Who does Miss van Schuyler blame for her late bedtime the night of the murder?

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

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

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