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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. As Chapter Thirteen opens, Poirot invites whom to dinner?
(a) Mrs. Ackroyd
(b) Caroline
(c) James
(d) Flora
2. Who does Poirot ask to help him question Blunt?
(a) James
(b) Parker
(c) Flora
(d) Hammond
3. Before his death, what did Mr. Ackroyd tell Flora about Mr. Poirot?
(a) He is a retired detective
(b) He is a retired doctor
(c) He is a lunatic
(d) He murdered a man years ago
4. What does Caroline think James should search for regarding Mrs. Ferrars?
(a) A suicide letter
(b) A murder weapon
(c) Next of kin to notify
(d) An accidental cause of death
5. Officer Davis questions James about the blackmailer because it was mentioned to him by whom?
(a) Parker
(b) Flora
(c) Raymond
(d) Blunt
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Miss Russell to Mr. Ackroyd?
2. Poirot tells James what about people?
3. Caroline and Flora both tell James that they don't think which person is guilty?
4. Why does Miss Gannet tell James that Mrs. Ferrars and Mr. Ackroyd broke off their engagement?
5. Who does Miss Russell tell the Inspector is quitting his/her job?
Short Essay Questions
1. What important question is asked asked regarding fire during Poirot's first trip to the crime scene, in Chapter Twenty.
2. Using the information in Chapter Two, describe the supposed relationship between Mr. Ackroyd and Mrs. Ferrars. Why were they close?
3. In what ways does Flora act suspicious, in Chapter Nine?
4. How is Parker's behavior, in Chapter Five, suspicious, and why might he be a suspect in the murder?
5. Why does Caroline think Miss Russell may be the killer, but James disagrees?
6. Describe the mysterious conversation Caroline hears between Ralph and a girl in the woods, in Chapter Three.
7. What did Mr. Ackroyd say to James, in Chapter Two, that James knew to be untrue and why did James know that?
8. Describe clues that everyone tells the police and that the police themselves find, after Mr. Ackroyd's body is discovered, in Chapter Five.
9. Describe the murder weapon. What was it, where did it come from, and where was it usually kept?
10. Based on the information given in Chapter Two, describe the village.
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