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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. What was MacQueen's job with Ratchett?
(a) Valet
(b) Secretary
(c) Bodyguard
(d) Accountant

2. What does Poirot uncover about Ratchett?
(a) Ratchett was not really a doctor
(b) Ratchett was secretly married to the Princess
(c) Ratchett was working undercover for Scotland Yard
(d) Ratchett was using an alias

3. Who spent a year in Washington?
(a) Princess Dragomiroff
(b) Pierre Michel
(c) MacQueen
(d) Count Andrenyi

4. What does Princess Dragomiroff refer to as an admirable happening?
(a) Daisy's kidnapping
(b) Ratchett's murder
(c) Heavy snowfall
(d) Poirot's presence

5. When was the last time Masterman saw Ratchett?
(a) 9 P.M.
(b) 10:30 P.M.
(c) 11 P.M.
(d) 1:00 A.M.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season does the story take place?

2. What name was Cassetti also known by?

3. What is the Countess' first name?

4. What is the conductor's first name?

5. What was the name of the family that died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were MacQueen's thoughts about Ratchett?

2. Why does the train stop in Belgrade?

3. Why was Ratchett's response considered to be strange?

4. Where did the Count spend time during the Armstrong investigation?

5. What items did Poirot collect for examination?

6. Who was last person to see Ratchett alive?

7. What did Dr. Constantine find odd about some of Ratchett's wounds?

8. What is Poirot's reaction to Ratchett?

9. How does Colonel Arbuthnot react when Poirot questions him about Miss Debenham?

10. What was the important information Mrs. Hubbard had to share with a person in authority?

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