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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Poirot suggests that, rather than be arrested, James does what?
(a) Hide at the inn
(b) Leave town
(c) Hide in Poirot's attic
(d) Overdose on sleeping pills

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

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

6. Why doesn't Poirot want James to be arrested?
(a) Because he knows James didn't mean to commit murder
(b) Because he and James have become friends
(c) Because he still needs more information from James
(d) To protect Caroline's feelings

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

8. 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

9. Who do the police say is a drug user?
(a) Charles Kent
(b) Mrs. Ackroyd
(c) Flora
(d) Ralph

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

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

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

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

14. Poirot thinks that the killer used the chair to conceal what item on the table?
(a) A letter
(b) A wine glass
(c) A dictaphone
(d) The will

15. Poirot says what about Ralph's footprints?
(a) Someone else had similar shoes.
(b) Someone used Ralph's shoes to frame him.
(c) Ralph did make the prints, but wasn't the murderer.
(d) The prints prove Ralph's guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poirot and James next go to confront whom?

2. Ralph wanted to conceal his marriage to Ursula until he could do what?

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

4. Who does Poirot say he knows blackmailed Mrs. Ferrars?

5. Inspector Raglan tells James what about Kent?

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