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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does Mr. Poirot tell James he knew Mr. Ackroyd from?
(a) New York
(b) London
(c) Paris
(d) Rome
2. While James is gone, who stops in to see Caroline?
(a) Flora
(b) Blunt
(c) Miss Russell
(d) Mr. Poirot
3. Mrs. Ackroyd's son's name from a previous marriage is?
(a) Ralph Peterson
(b) Ralph Prescott
(c) Ralph Paton
(d) Ralph Preston
4. Poirot tells James what about people?
(a) They are always honest.
(b) They like to help each other.
(c) They don't always tell the truth.
(d) They are complicated.
5. Who arrives during Poirot's questioning about the stranger?
(a) Mr. Harrison
(b) Mr. Harris
(c) Mr. Hammond
(d) Mr. Harper
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Miss Russell tell the Inspector is quitting his/her job?
2. Who died a year ago?
3. Why is Flora worried about Ralph?
4. What does Poirot think of James' theory about Ursula?
5. According to Mr. Poirot, Mr. Ackroyd wants Ralph to marry whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the mysterious conversation Caroline hears between Ralph and a girl in the woods, in Chapter Three.
2. Describe what Mr. Ackroyd confides to James, in Chapter Four.
3. Why is Mrs. Ackroyd disappointed and upset, in Chapter Ten, according to what she confides to James?
4. How is Parker's behavior, in Chapter Five, suspicious, and why might he be a suspect in the murder?
5. Why do James and Poirot disagree about the evidence against Ralph and whether or not Ralph is the killer?
6. Explain the relationship, in Chapter One, between Dr. James Sheppard and his sister, Caroline.
7. Whose fingerprints does Poirot tell the inspector that he forgot to check against the prints on the murder weapon?
8. In Chapter Thirteen, what does Poirot tell James about a use for the goose quill that may be significant?
9. Describe clues that everyone tells the police and that the police themselves find, after Mr. Ackroyd's body is discovered, in Chapter Five.
10. In what ways does Flora act suspicious, in Chapter Nine?
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