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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Chapter Thirteen opens, Poirot invites whom to dinner?
(a) James
(b) Mrs. Ackroyd
(c) Caroline
(d) Flora

2. Ralph was secretly speaking to whom?
(a) Mr. Poirot
(b) Miss Flora
(c) An unknown girl
(d) An unknown boy

3. John's last name is?
(a) Samson
(b) Sanford
(c) Sherwood
(d) Sheppard

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

5. Who is murdered at Fernly Park, according to Parker?
(a) Mrs. Ferrars
(b) Caroline
(c) Miss Russell
(d) Mr. Ackroyd

6. Where was the dagger usually kept?
(a) In a desk drawer in the library
(b) In a table in the drawing room
(c) In a box in the billiard room
(d) In a cabinet in Mr. Ackroyd's bedroom

7. When James arrives at Fernly Park, what strange thing does Parker do?
(a) He denies making the phone call.
(b) He locks James out.
(c) He disappears.
(d) He tells James not to phone the police about the murder.

8. Who does Miss Russell tell the Inspector is quitting his/her job?
(a) The cook
(b) Parker
(c) The parlor maid
(d) Miss Russell herself

9. Why does the officer take the murder weapon to the billiard room?
(a) To question Raymond
(b) To question James
(c) To find where it came from
(d) To set up the murderer

10. What is discovered about the footprints?
(a) They belong to Blunt.
(b) They are from common shoes and could belong to anyone.
(c) They belong to Ralph.
(d) They belong to Raymond.

11. Even though Ralph always wanted money, who sticks up for him and says he is happy that Poirot is acting on Ralph's behalf?
(a) Hammond
(b) James
(c) Parker
(d) Blunt

12. What is missing from Mr. Ackroyd's bedroom?
(a) His will
(b) A note
(c) A glass of wine
(d) Cash

13. What does James tell Officer Davis that was familiar about the mysterious man he saw the night of the murder?
(a) His clothes
(b) His voice
(c) His face
(d) Nothing at all

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

15. John's sister's name is?
(a) Connie
(b) Candace
(c) Carlotta
(d) Caroline

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells James that Ralph is in town?

2. Mrs. Ackroyd asks James to discuss what with Mr. Ackroyd?

3. To whom did Mr. Ackroyd leave 1,000 pounds in his will?

4. Why is Flora worried about Ralph?

5. Who tells Mr. Ackroyd that they are being blackmailed?

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