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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mr. Ackroyd invite to dinner?
(a) Caroline
(b) Miss Russell
(c) Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd
(d) James

2. What is the parlor maid's name?
(a) Sylvia
(b) Cynthia
(c) Ursula
(d) Victoria

3. How has Mr. Ackroyd been killed?
(a) With a dagger
(b) With a gun
(c) With a rope
(d) With a pillow

4. Miss Russell says she has pain where?
(a) Her knee
(b) Her stomach
(c) Her shoulder
(d) Her elbow

5. Who comes out from behind a tree and surprises Flora?
(a) James
(b) Raymond
(c) Ralph
(d) Blunt

6. James and Caroline talk about their new what in Chapter Three?
(a) House
(b) Neighbor
(c) Dog
(d) Friend

7. Mr. Ackroyd says that Ralph is where?
(a) London
(b) Dublin
(c) New York
(d) Paris

8. Who arrives during Poirot's questioning about the stranger?
(a) Mr. Harrison
(b) Mr. Harris
(c) Mr. Hammond
(d) Mr. Harper

9. Why doesn't Inspector Raglan want Mr. Poirot to work on the case?
(a) Raglan suspects Mr. Poirot in the murder.
(b) Raglan doesn't like Mr. Poirot's general attitude.
(c) Raglan wants the glory of solving the case himself.
(d) Raglan thinks it is too dangerous for a civilian.

10. Based on the initial inscribed on the ring, who might be a suspect?
(a) Anyone whose name has the initial F
(b) Anyone whose name has the initial A
(c) Anyone whose name has the initial R
(d) Anyone whose name has the initial P

11. Blunt notices something glimmering where?
(a) Up a tree
(b) The bushes
(c) The path
(d) The pond

12. Why does Flora say she happy?
(a) Her uncle left her money.
(b) Flora always hated her uncle and was glad to see him dead.
(c) Ralph was no longer a murder suspect.
(d) Flora did not want to marry Ralph and hoped he got arrested

13. Who becomes an immediate suspect due to his/her strange behavior?
(a) Parker
(b) Blunt
(c) James
(d) Flora

14. Why is James upset with Caroline?
(a) She is not helping with the investigation.
(b) She did not cook dinner as she promised.
(c) She is helping to incriminate Ralph.
(d) She will not speak to him.

15. Who has become close friends with Mrs. Ferrars?
(a) Roger Ackroyd
(b) Robert Avery
(c) Rodney Appleton
(d) Ralph Applewood

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the items out of place in the summer house?

2. Someone at the Three Boars Inn said the stranger had what sort of accent?

3. The Inspector thinks which piece of evidence is most important?

4. What item was moved at the crime scene?

5. As Chapter Thirteen opens, Poirot invites whom to dinner?

(see the answer keys)

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