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Murder On The Orient Express Review
Test Description: Novel
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) When the story begins, what has Hercule Poirot just finished doing?
A
He completed a large project that had required him to travel.
B
He solved a case that helped save the honor of the French Army.
C
He was pardoned from the Belgian Army and was being escorted to the station.
D
He finished helping his family pack up their things and move.
2) M. Poirot begins to check into a hotel, in order to take a little vacation, but his ideas are interrupted. How?
A
He is called to the telephone. The man on the phone begs for assistance.
B
He receives a telegram, urging him to return to London.
C
He is sent for by the conductor of the Orient Express.
D
He happens upon an unsettling scene that disturbs him greatly.
3) On the Orient Express, the reader is introduced to an American Lady. Of what is she fond of talking about in a loud, obnoxious manner?
A
She is constantly referring to her travels.
B
She is always talking about how things are in America.
C
She is always talking about her vacation and showing photographs to the passengers.
D
She is always talking about her daughter.
4) During his first night on the Orient Express, M. Poirot is awakened. What caused him to stir from his slumber?
A
He heard a loud argument in another language.
B
He dreamt the conductor was outside his compartment, knocking on the door.
C
He thought he heard the train come to a halt.
D
He believed he heard a loud groan.
5) Aside from the fact that a murder has taken place on the train, what else adds to the seriousness of the situation?
A
The train has stopped because it ran over something--no one knows what was hit.
B
There was a kitchen fire under the dining car.
C
There are a number of ladies claiming that they are missing jewelry. The murderer is also a thief.
D
The train is halted and it will be quite some time before the police can get to them.
6) Based on no evidence whatsoever, how did MacQueen feel about his employer, Ratchett?
A
He was certain that he recognized Ratchett from somewhere, but even up close he could never make the connection.
B
He felt that Ratchett had been given a wrong verdict.
C
He felt safe when he was traveling with him.
D
He was convinced that Ratchett was a cruel and dangerous man.
7) The wounds inflicted on the murder victim's body are quite puzzling. Which of the following descriptions does not follow the wounds described in the story?
A
The wounds in the story appear to have inflicted by someone using both the right and left hand.
B
All of the wounds are suspiciously close to the heart.
C
There are some wounds that do not gape. That leads the doctor to explain that those wounds were inflicted after death.
D
The wounds are in a suspicious pattern.
8) It is discovered very quickly why Ratchett/Cassetti wanted to flee American soil. What had he done in America?
A
He was wanted for tax fraud.
B
He kidnapped a child, extorted ransom, and then murdered the child.
C
He murdered his entire family.
D
He had murdered one of his brothers.
9) How are MacQueen and Colonel Arbuthnot able to create alibis for one another?
A
They appeal to the conductor, and he says that neither of these men ever left their compartment that evening.
B
They are both sleeping at the time and neither hears the other get up during the night.
C
They were up until at least two a.m. speaking with one another about politics.
D
They are lifelong friends. They swear that neither of them is capable of committing murder.
10) On the night that his employer was murdered, why was Masterman, the valet, unable to sleep well?
A
He has a toothache.
B
He had a dream that something bad was going to happen.
C
He had indigestion.
D
He is unable to sleep on train cars.
11) Masterman, the valet for Ratchett, got his job because he had proven his loyalty. He was always willing to lie in order to keep his employer safe.
A
True
B
False
12) Mrs. Hubbard claims that the murderer was in her compartment on the night of Ratchett's murder.
A
True
B
False
13) Greta Ohlsson provides an alibi for Mary Debenham because she says that she is a light sleeper and if Debenham had awakened during the night, she would have noticed.
A
True
B
False
14) Almost the entire time, M. Bouc believes that the Italian man is the murderer.
A
True
B
False
15) Princess Dragomiroff knew nothing about the Armstrong family. She is Russian, after all, and does not concern herself with American affairs.
A
False
B
True
16) While examining Countess Andrenyi's paperwork, Poirot find an odd passport stamp. She had been doing a lot of traveling lately.
A
False
B
True
17) Colonel Arbuthnot believes in justice. He thinks that Cassetti deserved to be tried and then hanged for his crime.
A
False
B
True
18) Mr. Hardman puts up a fuss because he does not want to be sleeping in a second-class cabin.
A
True
B
False
19) Mr. Hardman said that he was disappointed no to know more about the case because he had been hired to by Ratchett to make sure no one ~got him~.
A
False
B
True
20) The problem with the description of the small, dark man, with a high pitched voice is that the only man to fit that description is M. Bouc.
A
False
B
True
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