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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Poirot doing when approached by another vacationer in chapter 4?
2. Why does Poirot refuse to accept a paying customer in chapter 4?
3. For what reason does Mr. Pennington give for needing Linnet's signature on some documents in chapter 9?
4. What reason does Simon suggest Jackie thinks he married Linnet?
5. In chapter 7, who does Poirot overhear saying that they must go through with it now?
Short Essay Questions
1. In chapter 15, what common thing do three of the passengers report hearing about the time of the murder? What does this cause Poirot to believe happened just after the murder?
2. In chapter 16, what does the manager of the cruise ship show to Poirot? Where was it found?
3. What does Linnet ask Poirot to do in regards to Jackie in chapter 4? What does Poirot tell Linnet he will do?
4. In chapter 15, why does one of the ship's engineers claim he disliked Linnet Doyle?
5. In chapter 13, a letter j is found written in blood above Linnet's body. What does Poirot think the purpose of this was and to what does he compare it?
6. In chapter 6, who does Simon Doyle tell Poirot Mr. Pennington is? What is significant about Pennington's running into Linnet and Simon on their honeymoon?
7. How does Poirot react in chapter 8 when he sees Jackie on board the cruise ship?
8. In chapter 2, what scene does Poirot witness between Linnet, Simon, and Jackie? What is significant about this scene?
9. What is Poirot's first assessment of Simon and Linnet when he sees them on board the Karnak? How does this assessment soon change?
10. Who does Poirot meet in chapter 7 when he goes to visit a museum on Elephantine Island?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is Rosalie Otterbourne? What is her relationship to Poirot? How do most people see Rosalie upon first meeting her? What is Rosalie's mother like? What does Mrs. Otterbourne do for a living? How does this occupation embarrass Rosalie? For what reason? Who is Tim Allerton? How are the characters of Tim and Rosalie similar? How are they different? Why does Tim dislike Rosalie upon their first meeting? Is this opinion likely to change as the novel progresses? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Who is Miss Van Schuyler? Where is she from? What is significant about her relationship with her niece, Cornelia? Describe Cornelia. How do the characters of Cornelia and Miss Van Schuyler compare? How are they different? How does Cornelia's personality compare to the other young women introduced in chapters one and two? Rosalie? Jackie? Linnet?
Essay Topic 3
Why does Jackie remain in the saloon long after everyone has left in chapter 12? Who does she encourage to remain with her? For what reason? With whom does Jackie pick a fight? For what apparent reason? How does this person respond to Jackie? What happens when Jackie pulls out a gun? Where does the gun end up? Who takes Jackie from the room? For what reason? Where is Jackie taken? Who is assigned to remain with Jackie? How does this provide Jackie with an alibi the following morning?
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