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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. Why doesn't Poirot want James to be arrested?
(a) Because he and James have become friends
(b) Because he knows James didn't mean to commit murder
(c) Because he still needs more information from James
(d) To protect Caroline's feelings

2. Whom does Poirot tell James he asked for a favor to help solve the case?
(a) Raymond
(b) Miss Russell
(c) Caroline
(d) Inspector Raglan

3. Poirot theorizes that Blunt did not hear Mr. Ackroyd at 9:30 the night he died because it was actually what?
(a) A message on the dictaphone
(b) James
(c) Parker
(d) Raymond

4. Why does Poirot think the chair was pulled out?
(a) To block the door
(b) To keep whatever was on the table from view
(c) To cover a blood stain
(d) To block the window

5. When they return from their walk, whom do Poirot and James find in James' house?
(a) Ursula
(b) Flora
(c) Parker
(d) Raymond

Short Answer Questions

1. When they visit Flora, they find her with whom?

2. Poirot suggests that, rather than be arrested, James does what?

3. Who is in such disbelief that he/she calls the police to confirm the situation?

4. Poirot says that he wishes his old friend were around to do what?

5. Poirot wants James to do what regarding his manuscript?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the police call, near the end of Chapter Seventeen?

2. Who do James and Poirot find crying in James' house, and what important thing does Poirot do at that point?

3. In Chapter Twenty-four, Poirot unexpectedly produces Ralph at the meeting, saying what about Ralph's whereabouts during the time he was missing?

4. What does Poirot say about the moved chair, in Chapter Twenty-five?

5. What does Poirot ask Caroline to do, in Chapter Fourteen, and what is the result?

6. In Chapter Twenty-three, Poirot insinuates that nobody was actually in the room when Mr. Ackroyd died. How does he account for the conversation that was heard?

7. What is learned about Charles Kent, the stranger James met, in Chapter Eighteen, that would make him seem like a suspect?

8. In Chapter Fifteen, what is the significance of homemade jam?

9. In Chapter Twenty-five, what does Poirot say was the purpose of the phone call?

10. Poirot makes it known that he thinks James is guilty and offers James what way out?

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