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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ursula comes from what sort of family background?
(a) Poor family
(b) Wealthy family
(c) Orphaned at a young age
(d) Abusive family

2. When they visit Flora, they find her with whom?
(a) Raymond
(b) Parker
(c) Blunt
(d) Her mother

3. When they return from their walk, whom do Poirot and James find in James' house?
(a) Flora
(b) Raymond
(c) Parker
(d) Ursula

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

5. What do James and Poirot ask Mr. Hammond about?
(a) Mr. Ackroyd's financial records
(b) How well he personally knew Mrs. Ferrars
(c) Mrs. Ferrars' financial records
(d) How well he personally knew Mr. Ackroyd

6. James, Caroline, and Poirot's dinner is interrupted by a call from whom?
(a) Raymond
(b) The police
(c) Flora
(d) Mr. Hammond

7. Why does Poirot eliminate Parker as the person who made the call?
(a) Parker already had access to the scene of the crime.
(b) Parker had no motive.
(c) Miss Russell said Parker was with her at the time the call was made.
(d) Parker was not in the house at the time.

8. Who does Poirot say he knows blackmailed Mrs. Ferrars?
(a) James
(b) Raymond
(c) Ursula
(d) Blunt

9. Where did Ralph go into hiding?
(a) A home for the mentally ill
(b) James' house
(c) The summer house
(d) A secret room in Fernly Park

10. Who summons James to his/her bedside?
(a) Caroline
(b) Poirot
(c) Mrs. Ackroyd
(d) Flora

11. Poirot thinks Kent may be what?
(a) Lying about his name
(b) Lying about his alibi
(c) The murderer
(d) The blackmailer

12. Who is Charles Kent?
(a) The milk man
(b) The police officer who called
(c) A salesman
(d) The stranger James saw

13. Where does Caroline think Ralph is?
(a) Winchester
(b) Manchester
(c) Worcester
(d) Cranchester

14. Caroline reminds James to tell Poirot about what?
(a) Miss Russell's odd questions
(b) Mrs. Ackroyd's confession
(c) Raymond's visit
(d) Ralph's boots

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Poirot reminisces about his old friend, whose name is?

2. Caroline tells James that which person stopped in looking for Poirot?

3. Poirot has a newspaper announcement sent saying that Ralph was captured where?

4. What does Poirot tell Blunt that makes Blunt happy?

5. Of the following people, who did Ursula have a major fight with the day of the murder?

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