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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. Where is Ralph staying in town?
(a) The Three Wolves Inn
(b) The Three Boars Inn
(c) The Three Dogs Inn
(d) The Three Bears Inn

2. Before his death, what did Mr. Ackroyd tell Flora about Mr. Poirot?
(a) He murdered a man years ago
(b) He is a lunatic
(c) He is a retired detective
(d) He is a retired doctor

3. Who is murdered at Fernly Park, according to Parker?
(a) Mrs. Ferrars
(b) Mr. Ackroyd
(c) Miss Russell
(d) Caroline

4. What is the parlor maid's name?
(a) Victoria
(b) Ursula
(c) Cynthia
(d) Sylvia

5. What was the unusual stranger there for?
(a) To visit someone
(b) Nobody knows
(c) To ask directions
(d) To sell something

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mr. Poirot tell James he knew Mr. Ackroyd from?

2. Ralph tells James what about Ralph's relationship with his stepfather?

3. When James arrives at Fernly Park, what strange thing does Parker do?

4. Who does Poirot ask to help him question Blunt?

5. What does Flora tell Parker when she sees him walking to Mr. Ackroyd's room with drinks?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain why James does not want to go with Flora to see Poirot, in Chapter Seven.

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

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

5. Describe the relationship between Miss Russell, Mr. Ackroyd, and Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd.

6. Describe James and Caroline's new neighbor, Mr. Poirot, using information from Chapter Three.

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

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

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

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

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