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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Inspector Raglan tells James what about Kent?
(a) His alibi checks out.
(b) He escaped.
(c) He confessed.
(d) His alibi does not check out.

2. James and Poirot discover that Mrs. Ferrars was blackmailed and discuss which of the following people as a suspect?
(a) Mr. Ackroyd
(b) Miss Russell
(c) Parker
(d) Raymond

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

4. The next morning, what happens?
(a) Ralph returns.
(b) Someone else is found dead.
(c) Caroline goes missing.
(d) The funerals take place.

5. Poirot asks the group what important question at the meeting?
(a) Who was in the room with Mr. Ackroyd at 9:30?
(b) Who is the blackmailer among you?
(c) Who knows where Ralph is?
(d) Who else is hiding something?

6. Of the following people, who did Ursula have a major fight with the day of the murder?
(a) Mr. Ackroyd and Ralph
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Ackroyd
(c) Flora and Mr. Ackroyd
(d) Ralph and Flora

7. Who does not go to Liverpool to see Charles Kent?
(a) Poirot
(b) Flora
(c) James
(d) Inspector Raglan

8. Caroline tells James that which person stopped in looking for Poirot?
(a) Mrs. Ackroyd
(b) Raymond
(c) Blunt
(d) Flora

9. Raymond admits that his secret is what?
(a) He was framed for another murder years ago.
(b) He was stealing from the Ackroyd estate.
(c) He is in debt.
(d) He is secretly seeing Flora.

10. Everyone at the meeting is shocked by what?
(a) Ralph showing up
(b) Ursula and Ralph being married
(c) The police arriving
(d) An unexpected phone call

11. Mrs. Ackroyd says that Ursula once caught her doing what?
(a) Reading Mr. Ackroyd's will
(b) Crying in a closet
(c) Handling the murder weapon
(d) Rummaging through drawers in the study

12. What is mentioned as a popular pastime in King's Abbot?
(a) Playing Mah Jong
(b) Eating at a local restaurant
(c) Playing chess
(d) Gardening

13. Flora confesses to what part of the mystery?
(a) The blackmail
(b) Murdering her uncle
(c) Knowing Ralph's whereabouts
(d) Stealing the $40 from her uncle's room

14. What unusual name does Poirot call Ursula?
(a) Miss Ferrars
(b) Miss Ackroyd
(c) Mrs. Ackroyd
(d) Mrs. Paton

15. Half an hour before Mr. Ackroyd's death, Ursula met whom in the summer house?
(a) Ralph
(b) Flora
(c) Mrs. Ackroyd
(d) Mr. Ackroyd

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ursula and Ralph meet?

2. Mrs. Ackroyd says that Mr. Ackroyd was what, regarding money?

3. Ursula insisted on telling whom about the marriage, after she heard the announcement of Ralph and Flora's engagement?

4. What major discovery do James and Poirot make about Charles Kent?

5. Why has Kent really come to town, according to Miss Russell?

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