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Murder on the Orient Express Multiple Choice Quiz | Single Story

This is a multiple choice quiz on the Agatha Christie classic, "Murder on the Orient Express". If you have not already read this book, or haven't finished it yet, please note that this quiz does reveal the plot ("who did it", etc.)

A multiple-choice quiz by JasonOgg. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
JasonOgg

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
234,789

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
998

Last 3 plays: Guest 120 (0/10), Guest 106 (5/10), Guest 152 (1/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the alias of the murdered murderer Cassetti? Hint

MacQueen

Ratchett

Debenham

Masterman

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the name of the child killed by Cassetti? Hint

Daisy Armstrong

Susanne Hubbard

Rose Debenham

Leah Ackroyd

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of Agatha Christie's sleuths featured in this book? Hint

Hercule Poirot

Tommy and Tuppence

Miss Jane Marple

Raymond West

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the first name of Princess Dragomiroff? Hint

Helena

Natalia

Hildegarde

Greta

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Question 5 of 10

5. In which country did the Orient Express get stuck in a snowdrift? Hint

Germany

Turkey

Yugoslavia

France

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the nationality of Dr Constantine? Hint

Greek

Italian

American

Swedish

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Question 7 of 10

7. What job description did the undercover agent Hardman use to disguise himself? Hint

Typewriter ribbon salesman

Dentist

Car salesman

Pharmaceutical company representative

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Question 8 of 10

8. How was Cassetti killed? Hint

Stabbed

Poisoned

Shot

Suffocated

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Question 9 of 10

9. Where was the murder weapon found? Hint

In Poirot's luggage

Under the conductor's seat

On top of Mrs Hubbard's magazine

In a spongebag

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Question 10 of 10

10. Whose passport had a spot of grease on it? Hint

Hardman

Countess Andrenyi

Princess Dragomiroff

Colonel Arbuthnot

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the alias of the murdered murderer Cassetti?

Answer: Ratchett

Poirot found out that Ratchett was in fact Cassetti, when he found an almost completely burned note which had the name of one of his victims on it. Cassetti, (before he left America) would hold a person ransom (in this case the grandchild of a well-known actress). If it seemed that the police were getting on to his trail, he would then kill the hostage and get as much money as possible.

2. What was the name of the child killed by Cassetti?

Answer: Daisy Armstrong

Cassetti changed his name to Ratchett, left America and went travelling, after killing the innocent child Daisy Armstrong, whom he had held for ransom. He was eventually killed aboard the Orient Express, by those who were in some way associated with Daisy's family.

3. Which of Agatha Christie's sleuths featured in this book?

Answer: Hercule Poirot

Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective, famous for his moustaches and his "little grey cells". The other options were sleuths, except for Raymond West, who was Miss Marple's nephew.

4. What was the first name of Princess Dragomiroff?

Answer: Natalia

Poirot found a woman's handkerchief at the scene of the crime, initialled with "H". Princess Dragomiroff later stated that this handkerchief belonged to her, as she always initialled her handkerchiefs in the Russian characters ("H" being "N" in Russian).

5. In which country did the Orient Express get stuck in a snowdrift?

Answer: Yugoslavia

Cassetti was murdered during the Orient Express's journey through Yugoslavia. This was because usually the police of the country that the train was passing through would be aboard, but in Yugoslavia this was not so.

6. What was the nationality of Dr Constantine?

Answer: Greek

Although Dr Constantine was Greek, the other nationalities were represented on the train.

7. What job description did the undercover agent Hardman use to disguise himself?

Answer: Typewriter ribbon salesman

Mr Cyrus B. Hardman, who was travelling with a false passport, also travelled with a large amount of alcohol. Apparently, by the time he got to Paris, the remnants of the alcohol were going to be in a bottle labelled "hairwash".

8. How was Cassetti killed?

Answer: Stabbed

Cassetti (aka Ratchett) was stabbed twelve times by some of the other occupants of the train.

9. Where was the murder weapon found?

Answer: In a spongebag

The dagger was found in Mrs Hubbard's spongebag, a conductor's uniform button was found on top of her magazine, and someone put a scarlet kimono in Poirot's luggage.

10. Whose passport had a spot of grease on it?

Answer: Countess Andrenyi

Countess Andrenyi's passport had had a grease spot on it in order to disguise the fact that her first name was really Helena, not Elena. This was because a handkerchief (already mentioned) with the initial "H" had been found at the scene of the crime.

Source: Author JasonOgg

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