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When the story begins, what has Hercule Poirot just finished doing?
a) He finished helping his family pack up their things and move.
b) He completed a large project that had required him to travel.
c) He solved a case that helped save the honor of the French Army.
d) He was pardoned from the Belgian Army and was being escorted to the station.

M. Poirot begins to check into a hotel, in order to take a little vacation, but his ideas are interrupted. How?
a) He receives a telegram, urging him to return to London.
b) He happens upon an unsettling scene that disturbs him greatly.
c) He is called to the telephone. The man on the phone begs for assistance.
d) He is sent for by the conductor of the Orient Express.

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 always talking about how things are in America.
b) She is always talking about her vacation and showing photographs to the passengers.
c) She is always talking about her daughter.
d) She is constantly referring to her travels.

During his first night on the Orient Express, M. Poirot is awakened. What caused him to stir from his slumber?
a) He thought he heard the train come to a halt.
b) He dreamt the conductor was outside his compartment, knocking on the door.
c) He believed he heard a loud groan.
d) He heard a loud argument in another language.

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 is halted and it will be quite some time before the police can get to them.
b) The train has stopped because it ran over something--no one knows what was hit.
c) There are a number of ladies claiming that they are missing jewelry. The murderer is also a thief.
d) There was a kitchen fire under the dining car.

Based on no evidence whatsoever, how did MacQueen feel about his employer, Ratchett?
a) He felt safe when he was traveling with him.
b) He was convinced that Ratchett was a cruel and dangerous man.
c) He was certain that he recognized Ratchett from somewhere, but even up close he could never make the connection.
d) He felt that Ratchett had been given a wrong verdict.

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) There are some wounds that do not gape. That leads the doctor to explain that those wounds were inflicted after death.
c) All of the wounds are suspiciously close to the heart.
d) The wounds are in a suspicious pattern.

It is discovered very quickly why Ratchett/Cassetti wanted to flee American soil. What had he done in America?
a) He had murdered one of his brothers.
b) He murdered his entire family.
c) He was wanted for tax fraud.
d) He kidnapped a child, extorted ransom, and then murdered the child.

How are MacQueen and Colonel Arbuthnot able to create alibis for one another?
a) They are lifelong friends. They swear that neither of them is capable of committing murder.
b) They were up until at least two a.m. speaking with one another about politics.
c) They appeal to the conductor, and he says that neither of these men ever left their compartment that evening.
d) They are both sleeping at the time and neither hears the other get up during the night.

On the night that his employer was murdered, why was Masterman, the valet, unable to sleep well?
a) He had indigestion.
b) He had a dream that something bad was going to happen.
c) He is unable to sleep on train cars.
d) He has a toothache.

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
c)
d)

Mrs. Hubbard claims that the murderer was in her compartment on the night of Ratchett's murder.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

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
c)
d)

Almost the entire time, M. Bouc believes that the Italian man is the murderer.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Princess Dragomiroff knew nothing about the Armstrong family. She is Russian, after all, and does not concern herself with American affairs.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

While examining Countess Andrenyi's paperwork, Poirot find an odd passport stamp. She had been doing a lot of traveling lately.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Colonel Arbuthnot believes in justice. He thinks that Cassetti deserved to be tried and then hanged for his crime.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Mr. Hardman puts up a fuss because he does not want to be sleeping in a second-class cabin.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

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) True
b) False
c)
d)

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) True
b) False
c)
d)

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