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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is James told about inquiries at the train station?
(a) The station was not busy that night, so they expect inquiries to be successful.
(b) Inquiries are already being made.
(c) There are no plans to make any inquiries.
(d) The station was busy that night, so inquiries may be unsuccessful.

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

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

4. While James is gone, who stops in to see Caroline?
(a) Flora
(b) Blunt
(c) Miss Russell
(d) Mr. Poirot

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

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

7. Mrs. Ackroyd's son's name from a previous marriage is?
(a) Ralph Peterson
(b) Ralph Paton
(c) Ralph Preston
(d) Ralph Prescott

8. What is the Intelligence Corps?
(a) A group of people who gossip with John's sister
(b) A book discussion club
(c) A military group
(d) A secret detective agency

9. Who is Miss Russell to Mr. Ackroyd?
(a) The chef
(b) The neighbor
(c) The maid
(d) The nanny

10. Caroline feels terribly suspicious about Miss Russell for what reason that James dismisses?
(a) Miss Russell might own the ring that was found in an earlier chapter.
(b) Miss Russell was asking about drugs and poisons.
(c) Miss Russell was seen outside the night of the murder.
(d) Miss Russell was caught in a lie.

11. Flora gets into a fight with whom over comments about Ralph?
(a) Poirot
(b) Parker
(c) James
(d) Her mother

12. Caroline and Flora both tell James that they don't think which person is guilty?
(a) Miss Russell
(b) Raymond
(c) Blunt
(d) Ralph

13. In Chapter One, who has died?
(a) Mrs. Ferris
(b) Mr. Ford
(c) Mr. Ferguson
(d) Mrs. Ferrars

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Poirot thinks what is a crucial clue in the case?

2. How has Mr. Ackroyd been killed?

3. According to Poirot, everyone is doing what?

4. Why does Miss Gannet tell James that Mrs. Ferrars and Mr. Ackroyd broke off their engagement?

5. In Chapter Four, James goes to whose house, where he meets Miss Russell?

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