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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Ackroyd admits what to James?
(a) Owning the ring
(b) Changing the will
(c) Leaving the silver drawer open
(d) Stealing the money

2. What does Poirot show James an article about?
(a) Cocaine smuggling
(b) The murder of Roger Ackroyd
(c) Ralph's disappearance
(d) A lot of recent thefts in the area

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

4. Caroline thinks that who might have secretly married Flora already?
(a) Ralph
(b) Parker
(c) Blunt
(d) Raymond

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

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

7. Why does Poirot think the chair was pulled out?
(a) To cover a blood stain
(b) To block the window
(c) To block the door
(d) To keep whatever was on the table from view

8. Who is frustrating Inspector Raglan, as Chapter Twenty opens?
(a) James
(b) Flora
(c) Poirot
(d) Charles Kent

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

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

11. Poirot reminisces about his old friend, whose name is?
(a) Hallowell
(b) Hardy
(c) Hastings
(d) Hanaford

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

13. Poirot wants everyone at Fernly Park to meet where?
(a) At Poirot's house
(b) At James and Caroline's house
(c) At the Inn
(d) At Fernly Park

14. Ursula insisted on telling whom about the marriage, after she heard the announcement of Ralph and Flora's engagement?
(a) Flora
(b) Miss Russell
(c) Caroline
(d) Mr. Ackroyd

15. What was discovered about Parker when James and Poirot questioned him?
(a) He knew the owner of the ring.
(b) He blackmailed his former employer.
(c) He blackmailed Mr. Ackroyd.
(d) He stole the money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Flora confesses to what part of the mystery?

2. Everyone enjoys guessing the meaning of what?

3. Who walks into the meeting with a telegram?

4. Poirot suggests that, rather than be arrested, James does what?

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

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