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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Poirot tells James what about people?
(a) They like to help each other.
(b) They are always honest.
(c) They don't always tell the truth.
(d) They are complicated.

2. Who is waiting for James when he returns from rounds?
(a) Parker
(b) Flora
(c) Mr. Poirot
(d) Caroline

3. Who arrives during Poirot's questioning about the stranger?
(a) Mr. Harper
(b) Mr. Hammond
(c) Mr. Harris
(d) Mr. Harrison

4. According to Poirot, everyone is doing what?
(a) Keeping secrets
(b) Helping with the investigation
(c) Arguing too much
(d) Hiding Ralph on purpose

5. Who owns Fernly Park?
(a) Donald Adams
(b) David Adams
(c) Roger Ackroyd
(d) Robert Ackroyd

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miss Russell to Mr. Ackroyd?

2. Who tells Mr. Ackroyd that they are being blackmailed?

3. Poirot thinks what is a crucial clue in the case?

4. How has Mr. Ackroyd been killed?

5. John's last name is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe clues that everyone tells the police and that the police themselves find, after Mr. Ackroyd's body is discovered, in Chapter Five.

2. Describe the mysterious conversation Caroline hears between Ralph and a girl in the woods, in Chapter Three.

3. In Chapter Eight, why is James told that an inquiry at the train station may be unsuccessful?

4. Based on the information given in Chapter Two, describe the village.

5. What is found missing from Mr. Ackroyd's room, in Chapter Ten, and who is discussed as someone who may have taken it?

6. What does Caroline tell Poirot, in Chapter Eleven, that upsets James and why?

7. Explain the relationship, in Chapter One, between Dr. James Sheppard and his sister, Caroline.

8. In what ways does Flora act suspicious, in Chapter Nine?

9. Describe what Mr. Ackroyd confides to James, in Chapter Four.

10. How is Parker's behavior, in Chapter Five, suspicious, and why might he be a suspect in the murder?

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