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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What major discovery do James and Poirot make about Charles Kent?
(a) He is Mr. and Mrs. Ferrars' son.
(b) He is Mrs. Ackroyd's son.
(c) He is Miss Russell's son.
(d) He is Mr. Ackroyd's son.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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) Parker
(d) James

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

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

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

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

14. What does Poirot ask Caroline to find out about Ralph's shoes?
(a) Color
(b) Type
(c) Who else owns similar shoes
(d) Size

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Poirot says what about Ralph's footprints?

2. Poirot says that he wishes his old friend were around to do what?

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

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

5. Poirot says that which person could not be the killer because they had no motive to make the phone call.

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