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MOTOE - CCSS

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An English governess whose manner was calm and unruffled.

a)

Greta Ohlsson

b)

Princess Dragomiroff

c)

Hildegarde Schmidt

d)

Mary Debenham

e)

Pierre Michel

2.

His French was limited, but his verbal defense with the Belgian is skillful.

a)

Ratchett

b)

MacQueen

c)

Masterman

d)

Pierre Michel

e)

Col. Arbuthnot

3.

Ladies maid to the Russian Princess Dragomiroff

a)

Hildegarde Schmidt

b)

Greta Ohlsson

c)

Mary Debenham

d)

Countess Andrenyi

4.

Conductor of the Calais Coach on the Simplon Orient Express

a)

M. Bouc

b)

Pierre Michel

c)

Antonio Foscarelli

d)

Lt. DuBosc

5.

Poirot refused Ratchett's case because

a)

it did not interest him and Poirot is very picky about the cases he takes on.

b)

Poirot does not like Ratchett's face.

c)

Both of these

d)

None of these

6.

Who asks Poirot to take on the case of the murdered man on the train?

a)

Pierre Michel

b)

Dr. Constantine

c)

M. Bouc

d)

Masterman

e)

Count Andrenyi

7.

Who is the last person to see Ratchett alive?

a)

Mrs. Hubbard

b)

Greta Ohlsson

c)

Hercule Poirot

d)

Pierre Michel

8.

Who diagnoses that the assassin(s) used both right and left-handed blows to the victim?

a)

Hercule Poirot

b)

Hector MacQueen

c)

Dr. Constantine

d)

Edward Masterman

9.

In the Armstrong Kidnapping Case, how many deaths occurred?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

10.

How is Hector MacQueen connected to the Armstrong Kidnapping?

a)

He had read and followed the case intensely when it happened.

b)

He is the author of a noel that details the case.

c)

His father was the district attorney who handled the case.

d)

His father was one of the jurors in the case.

11.

Why does Poirot ask all of the interviewees to write down their addresses?

a)

He wants to send further communications about the case to them.

b)

He is checking for their dominant writing hand.

c)

He is curious to see if any of the passengers come from the same area.

d)

He has been asked by Bouc to have each passenger write down their information.

e)

He is seeing if any of the passengers are connected to the Armstrong Kidnapping Case.

12.

Why does Bouc hesitate about asking the Count and Countess about searching their luggage?

a)

He does not want to offend a couple in power.

b)

He knows that they are on diplomatic passports and are exempt from a search.

c)

He wants to make sure they only say good things about the Wagon Lit Company.

d)

All of these.

13.

What piece of evidence does Hardman give Poirot?

a)

He gives additional information important to understanding the Armstrong case.

b)

He is able to give an alibi for himself and Col. Arbothnot.

c)

He gives a description of a small, dark man with a high-pitched voice.

d)

All of the above.

14.

Why does Mrs. Hubbard stumble into a meeting of Poirot, Constantine, and Bouc screaming and then fainting?

a)

She has found out the identification of the murderer.

b)

She has found a bloody knife in her spongebag.

c)

She has found an incriminating letter written by MacQueen.

d)

She has found a threatening letter written to her by an anonymous sender.

15.

Why did Poirot ask both MacQueen and Masterman if they smoked a pipe?

a)

He is attempting to find the owner of the pipe cleaner left at the scene.

b)

He is trying to find another gentleman with tobacco for his own pipe.

c)

He is attempting to find out who dropped the pipe at the scene of the crime.

d)

All of the above.

e)

None of these above.

16.

How would the evidence surrounding the murder have been different if the train had not been delayed in snow?

a)

All of the evidence would have played out exactly the same as it did.

b)

The murderer would have been able to escape the train at the next stop.

c)

Ratchett may not have been murdered at all.

d)

Poirot would have caught the murderer much more quickly had the train kept going.

17.

We learn that the governess of Daisy Armstrong is:

a)

Countess Andrenyi

b)

Mrs. Hubbard

c)

Hildegarde Schmidt

d)

Mary Debenham

18.

Why did Poirot decide to take the Simplon Orient Express to London rather than remaining in Istanbul as planned?

a)

He had an urgent desire to return to London for vacation.

b)

He has been ousted from Istanbul for refusing to assist the French guard.

c)

He is a man of whimsy notions and travels around as he chooses.

d)

He has been summoned back to London to return to another case.