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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the difference between the even numbered and the odd numbered compartments?
(a) The even numbered compartments have only 1 bed
(b) There is no difference
(c) The bolts are located in different places
(d) The odd numbered compartments don't have windows

2. What item does Poirot retrieve from his compartment?
(a) Burned note
(b) Glasses
(c) Jacket
(d) Cigarettes

3. Who is Masterman's alibi?
(a) Foscarelli
(b) Debenham
(c) Hardman
(d) Michel

4. How does Poirot categorize Miss Debenham?
(a) Passionate
(b) Nervous
(c) Indignant
(d) Distant

5. Who is worried about being the last person to see Ratchett alive?
(a) Miss Debenham
(b) Princess Dragomiroff
(c) Hildegarde Schmidt
(d) Greta Ohlsson

6. How does the Countess react to having her luggage searched?
(a) Disinterested
(b) Angry
(c) Flustered
(d) Amused

7. What are the real identities of Debenham and Freebody?
(a) Department store owners
(b) Daisy Armstrong's brothers
(c) Police detectives
(d) Ratchett's accomplices

8. Which clue was most likely planted to mislead Poirot?
(a) Handkerchief
(b) Pipe cleaner
(c) Note
(d) Watch

9. What type of knife is used as the murder weapon?
(a) Stiletto
(b) Buck knife
(c) Steak knife
(d) Dagger

10. What profession did Miss Freebody hold?
(a) Dance instructor
(b) Governess
(c) Tutor
(d) Upstairs maid

11. How did Miss Debenham react when the train was delayed in Syria?
(a) Angry
(b) Confused
(c) Annoyed
(d) Frantic

12. What accusation does Poirot present to Miss Debenham?
(a) That she was blackmailing Colonel Arbuthnot
(b) That she murdered Ratchett
(c) That she owned the red kimono
(d) That she was Miss Freebody

13. Poirot claims there are how many possible solutions to the case?
(a) Three
(b) Two
(c) One
(d) Five

14. What does Poirot expect to find in Hildegarde's luggage?
(a) Loose buttons
(b) Kimono
(c) Knife
(d) Uniform

15. What was so strange about Ratchett's decree that everything was okay?
(a) To whom he was speaking
(b) What he said
(c) Language
(d) Tone

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lied regarding his/her first name?

2. What is Princess Dragomiroff's first name?

3. M. Bouc is suspicious of what nationality?

4. What does Poirot find odd about Princess Dragomiroff's maid?

5. Where was Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag located?

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