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Murder on the Orient Express
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Murder on the Orient Express opens on a cold and windy morning in which country?
Turkey
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Bulgaria
2
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What are Mary Debenham and Colonel Arbuthnot doing when Poirot first observes them?
Smoking on a balcony
Eating breakfast
Fighting in the hallway
Putting out a fire
3
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When Poirot arrives at his hotel in Stamboul, he finds a telegram informing him that he must return to ___.
London
Brussels
Rome
Paris
4
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Which character does Poirot first note as being exceptionally ugly?
M. Bouc
Princess Dragomiroff
Ratchett
Mary Debenham
5
of 5
Whose case does Poirot refuse to take on at the novel's start, saying, "I do not like your face"?
M. Bouc
Princess Dragomiroff
Ratchett
Mary Debenham
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