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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. Ralph tells James what about Ralph's relationship with his stepfather?
(a) They have some problems now and then.
(b) They are having major problems.
(c) They never speak.
(d) They are getting along fine.

2. John's sister's name is?
(a) Carlotta
(b) Candace
(c) Connie
(d) Caroline

3. Based on the initial inscribed on the ring, who might be a suspect?
(a) Anyone whose name has the initial R
(b) Anyone whose name has the initial P
(c) Anyone whose name has the initial A
(d) Anyone whose name has the initial F

4. Why is Flora worried about Ralph?
(a) She hasn't seen him for a week.
(b) She thinks the police suspect him.
(c) He is sick.
(d) She saw him with a woman.

5. In Chapter Four, James goes to whose house, where he meets Miss Russell?
(a) Mr. Potter's
(b) Miss Russell's
(c) Mr. Ackroyd's
(d) Mr. Poirot's

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Ackroyd's wife was which of the following?

2. What is James told about inquiries at the train station?

3. In Chapter One, how does Caroline think Mrs. Ferrars died?

4. Why does the officer take the murder weapon to the billiard room?

5. According to Poirot, everyone is doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does James learn from his trip to see Ralph, in Chapter Three?

2. What did Mr. Ackroyd say to James, in Chapter Two, that James knew to be untrue and why did James know that?

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

4. What is the Intelligence Corps and what role does it play, in Chapter One?

5. What important question is asked asked regarding fire during Poirot's first trip to the crime scene, in Chapter Twenty.

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

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

8. Whose fingerprints does Poirot tell the inspector that he forgot to check against the prints on the murder weapon?

9. What remark does Mrs. Ackroyd make during the meeting, in Chapter Twelve, and what is Flora's response?

10. All evidence is beginning to point to Ralph as the possible blackmailer, including what?

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