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Death in the Clouds. Chapters 7-15

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  • 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)
  • Why didn’t Perrot sell Madame Giselle a ticket for 8.45 plane?
    (He was paid 5000 francs by some American)
  • 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?)
  • 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 Madame Giselle’s belonging did Elise give to Poirot?
    (a small black notebook)
  • What did Poirot consider to be the most important thing in investigating the murder?
    (to clear the innocent of any blame)
  • Why did Lady Horbury call her husband the meanest man alive?
    (He advertised in the newspapers that he would no longer pay her debts)
  • Which place did the American book for himself in a plane and in what name?
    (Silas Harper, seat number one, next to Madame Giselle)
  • Whom did Zeropoulos sell the blowpipe and darts to?
    (an American)
  • 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)
  • Who had the best possibilities to commit the murder from the point of view of the detectives?
    (Clancy, Bryant and Ryder)
  • Why did Jane and Norman follow Mr Clancy and who did they meet?
    (to do something to clear up the case, they met Poirot)
  • Whom did Jane pretend to be while visiting Mr Clancy?
    (the Poirot’s secretary)
  • 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)
  • Why did Jane’s employer give her a pay rise?
    (She attracted the customers with her being mixed up in a murder case)
  • 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)
  • 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)
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