Characters
The main character & protagonist of the novel. He is a Belgian detective traveling on The Orient Express.
Who is Hercule Poirot?
This is Ratchett's real name, revealed to be connected to a notorious kidnapping case.
Who is Cassetti?
This passenger shares a connecting room with the victim.
Who is Mrs. Hubbard?
In regard to this term, Murder on the Orient Express is a mystery.
What is genre?
Since the train is stranded and no one can leave, Poirot can be certain of this about the murderer.
What is the murderer is still on the train?
This wealthy American victim asks Poirot to work for him because he claims to have received threatening letters.
Who is Ratchett?
This doctor assists Poirot in examining the body and determining the time of death.
Who is Dr. Constantine?
The following words describe which aspect of the setting: luxurious, elegant, enclosed, tense
What is the Calais coach of The Orient Express train?
The Orient Express becomes stranded after this unexpected obstacle blocks the tracks.
What is a snowdrift?
A theory proposed after discovering that a few of the stab wounds are not deep, suggesting that the suspect lacked strength.
What is the killer is a woman?
This efficient train director and Poirot's friend asks the detective to solve the murder.
Who is M. Bouc?
These two passengers travel with Poirot from Syria to Istanbul prior to boarding the Calias coach of the Orient Express.
Who are Mary Debenham and Colonel Armstrong?
Poirot's initial Berth cabin he shares with Hector Macqueen on the first night on the Orient Express?
What is No. 16?
This is the time when the murder of Mr. Ratchett is believed to have occurred, based on the stopped watch found in his pocket.
What is 1:15am?
Poirot's decision to take a vacation before the murder reveals this about his character?
What is he is tired of detective work and plans to retire permanently?
This Russian princess travels with a personal maid and is described as old and ugly as sin.
Who is Princess Dragomiroff?
Pierre Michel
Who is the Wagon Lit Conductor?
This city is where Poirot receives an urgent telegram calling him back to London.
What is Istanbul?
The presence of this contradictory evidence—both a woman's handkerchief and a pipe cleaner—suggests this possibility about the killer's identity.
What are there may be multiple suspects?
The unusually full Calais coach in winter suggests this possibility about the passengers.
What if they are not random travelers?
This passenger is Ratchett's secretary and valet who discovered the body and claims not to have known his employer all that well.
Who is Hector MacQueen?
A piece of evidence—a woman's handkerchief with this initial on it—is found in Ratchett's compartment.
What is the letter H?
Poirot boards the Orient Express in this Middle Eastern city after solving a case there.
What is Aleppo (Syria)?
Poirot discovers this many stab wounds on Ratchett's body, suggesting multiple attackers or a frenzied assault.
What is twelve?
Based on this character's negative interaction with other passengers, the reader can infer this about Ratchett.
What is he is feared and disliked by many, suggesting he has a sinister past or dangerous reputation?