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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is in such disbelief that he/she calls the police to confirm the situation?
(a) Raymond
(b) Mrs. Ackroyd
(c) Mr. Hammond
(d) Blunt

4. What sort of accent does Charles Kent have?
(a) German
(b) Irish
(c) American
(d) French

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

6. Poirot says that he wishes his old friend were around to do what?
(a) Interview suspects.
(b) Keep a record of the case facts.
(c) Add more original ideas to the investigation.
(d) Keep him company.

7. In the start of Chapter Fourteen, the narrator tells the reader that after Monday night Poirot and whom went their separate ways?
(a) Flora
(b) Caroline
(c) Raymond
(d) James

8. James seems unconcerned by Poirot's accusations and even does what during the exchange?
(a) Walks into the other room
(b) Accuses Poirot of the murder
(c) Calmly drinks tea
(d) Yawns

9. How did Ursula and Ralph meet?
(a) At a party
(b) Through Ralph's job
(c) Through Ursula's job
(d) In a store

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

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

12. What does Poirot tell Blunt that makes Blunt happy?
(a) Flora doesn't really love Blunt.
(b) Flora is not the blackmailer.
(c) Flora doesn't really love Ralph.
(d) Flora did not commit the murder.

13. James' secret is that he met Ralph after the murder and told him what, causing Ralph to leave?
(a) Flora was a major suspect.
(b) Ursula was a major suspect.
(c) Flora planned to marry someone else.
(d) Ralph was a major suspect.

14. Who is not going to the meeting?
(a) Caroline
(b) Poirot
(c) Ursula
(d) James

15. The telegram is from a steamer on its way where?
(a) Mexico
(b) Canada
(c) The United States
(d) Africa

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Poirot think the chair was pulled out?

2. Poirot wants James to do what regarding his manuscript?

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

4. Everyone enjoys guessing the meaning of what?

5. What does Poirot ask Caroline to find out about Ralph's shoes?

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