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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 suspicious item is located in Colonel Arbuthnot's luggage?
(a) Knife sheath
(b) Conductor's uniform
(c) Box of pipe cleaners
(d) Packet of handkerchiefs

2. Most of the passengers seem to be related to what crime?
(a) Embezzlement
(b) Counterfeiting
(c) Forgery
(d) Kidnapping

3. What is discovered in Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag?
(a) Bloody knife
(b) Flask of whiskey
(c) Conductor's uniform
(d) Severed finger

4. According to Poirot, who made "a very profound remark?"
(a) MacQueen
(b) Constantine
(c) Hardman
(d) Bouc

5. Who turns out to be Daisy Armstrong's former nurse?
(a) Greta Ohlsson
(b) Countess Andrenyi
(c) Princess Dragomiroff
(d) Mrs. Hubbard

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Princess lie about?

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

3. To whom does Poirot refer as a "highly suspicious character?"

4. M. Bouc is suspicious of what nationality?

5. What is the Countess afraid of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Countess act when Poirot is searching through her luggage?

2. What discovery caused Poirot to link the handkerchief to the Countess?

3. How does Dr. Constantine describe Miss Debenham?

4. What is the true identity of the Countess Adrenyi?

5. What caused the murderers' original plan to go awry?

6. What other thing did the Princess lie about to Poirot?

7. Which of Poirot's questions trips up Miss Debenham?

8. What was Miss Debenham's reaction when Poirot asked if she was upset about Ratchett's death?

9. What does Poirot find when he goes to his compartment to get his cigarettes?

10. What item is found in Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag?

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