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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter One, how does Caroline think Mrs. Ferrars died?
(a) Natural causes
(b) An overdose of pain medication
(c) An overdose of sleeping pills
(d) Murder

2. Who tells Mr. Ackroyd that they are being blackmailed?
(a) James
(b) Mrs. Ferrars
(c) Miss Russell
(d) Ralph

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

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

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

6. What is John's profession?
(a) Doctor
(b) Lawyer
(c) Salesman
(d) Private investigator

7. Poirot tells whom that the quill from the summer house might have been used for taking heroin?
(a) Raymond
(b) Caroline
(c) Flora
(d) James

8. Who died a year ago?
(a) The Ferrars' son
(b) Mrs. Ferrars
(c) The Ferrars' daughter
(d) Mr. Ferrars

9. What is the name of the house that Mr. Ferrars left to his wife?
(a) Royal Pond
(b) King's Paddock
(c) Fernly Park
(d) Queen's Palace

10. Officer Davis questions James about the blackmailer because it was mentioned to him by whom?
(a) Raymond
(b) Parker
(c) Flora
(d) Blunt

11. Caroline gives Poirot what?
(a) Money
(b) A list of James' patients
(c) A note she found
(d) A list of suspicious people in the neighborhood

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

13. What was the unusual stranger there for?
(a) To ask directions
(b) Nobody knows
(c) To sell something
(d) To visit someone

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

15. What is one of the items out of place in the summer house?
(a) A billiard ball
(b) A glass
(c) A goose quill
(d) A hat

Short Answer Questions

1. Poirot tells James what about people?

2. Who is Miss Russell to Mr. Ackroyd?

3. Mr. Poirot is interested in what pastime?

4. Who comes out from behind a tree and surprises Flora?

5. Flora is so upset that she asks Raymond to do what?

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