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Which two categories the murderer could belong to, according to Poirot?
(a traveller who knows smth about poisonous snakes and native tribes who use the poison to kill their enemies; a scientist)
Who had the best possibilities to commit the murder from the point of view of the detectives?
(Clancy, Bryant and Ryder)
Why was Poirot worried by the fact that the blowpipe was hidden behind a seat?
(It was easy to get rid of it pushing through the ventilator in the window. Why?)
Why didn’t Poirot tell the detectives who the murderer was when he looked through the list of the passengers’ belongings?
(He wasn’t sure and still had questions)
How did the Madame Giselle’s office look?
(It was a small, windowless apartment on the first floor with a safe in one corner, a large desk, and several chairs)
Where did Madame Giselle really keep her papers?
(in her bedroom in a large sealed envelope)
When did the clients of Madame Giselle usually come?
(at night)
What was the maid Elise grateful to Madame Giselle for?
(She helped Elise with arranging for her baby to be brought up by some good people on a farm)
What Madame Giselle’s belonging did Elise give to Poirot?
(a small black notebook)
Whom did Poirot and Fournier suspect in accordance with the small black notebook of Madame Giselle?
(Lady Horbury, Dr Bryant, the Duponts, Mr Ryder and all the rest)
Whom did Zeropoulos sell the blowpipe and darts to?
(an American)
Why didn’t Perrot sell Madame Giselle a ticket for 8.45 plane?
(He was paid 5000 francs by some American)
Which place did the American book for himself in a plane and in what name?
(Silas Harper, seat number one, next to Madame Giselle)
Why did Lady Horbury call her husband the meanest man alive?
(He advertised in the newspapers that he would no longer pay her debts)
Why did Jane’s employer give her a pay rise?
(She attracted the customers with her being mixed up in a murder case)
Why did Jane and Norman follow Mr Clancy and who did they meet?
(to do something to clear up the case, they met Poirot)
