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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter 20, what does Poirot say he is experiencing trouble with?
(a) Having a package sent from Egypt to England.
(b) Deciding to have for lunch.
(c) Deciding who the killer is.
(d) Having his souvenirs packaged by the crew.

2. In chapter 28, who does Race come to believe Mr. Richetti is?
(a) A wanted forger.
(b) A foreign royal.
(c) His agitator.
(d) A known criminal.

3. In chapter 26, who does Fanthorp claim sent him on this trip?
(a) Linnet's former fiance.
(b) Linnet's English attorney.
(c) Linnet's cousin.
(d) Linnet's father.

4. In chapter 23, who asks Poirot the motive for the maid's death?
(a) Jackie.
(b) Mr. Pennington.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) Tim Allerton.

5. In chapter 29, who does Poirot suggest killed Linnet Doyle?
(a) Cornelia Robson.
(b) Simon Doyle.
(c) Jackie de Bellefort.
(d) Mr. Pennington.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 26, why does Pennington say it would have been better if Simon Doyle were in charge of Linnet Doyle's finances?

2. In chapter 29, how many bullets were used from the murder weapon?

3. In chapter 23, how has Linnet's maid been murdered?

4. In chapter 30, what type of woman does Jackie say Simon dislikes?

5. In chapter 30, why does Jackie claim Poirot has no evidence against her and Simon?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 23, what do Poirot and Race find while investigating the death of Linnet Doyle's maid?

2. In chapter 22, Race and Poirot learn the results of the search of the passengers. In whose possession did they find guns?

3. In chapter 28, what does Cornelia learn about her aunt that upsets her? Why?

4. In chapter 25, how does Cornelia react to the proposal of Mr. Ferguson? Why does Miss van Schuyler at first refuse to consider Mr. Ferguson as a suitor for her niece, but later thinks differently?

5. In chapter 20, why do Race and Poirot have all the passengers searched? What are they looking for?

6. In chapter 29, what does Poirot suggest was the motive for the murder of Linnet Doyle?

7. In chapter 24, why is Mrs. Otterbourne killed?

8. In chapter 21, what does Poirot discover about the pearls?

9. In chapter 30, how does Jackie claim that Simon Doyle felt about Linnet from the moment they met?

10. In chapter 20, who does Poirot and Race find has the pearls?

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