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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Who is Miss Russell to Mr. Ackroyd?
(a) The maid
(b) The neighbor
(c) The chef
(d) The nanny

2. Caroline gives Poirot what?
(a) Money
(b) A note she found
(c) A list of James' patients
(d) A list of suspicious people in the neighborhood

3. Someone at the Three Boars Inn said the stranger had what sort of accent?
(a) French
(b) Irish
(c) Scottish
(d) American

4. As Chapter Thirteen opens, Poirot invites whom to dinner?
(a) James
(b) Mrs. Ackroyd
(c) Caroline
(d) Flora

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells James that Ralph is in town?

2. What is Fernly Park?

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

4. Mr. Poirot tells Caroline that they should find Ralph soon or what will happen?

5. Who arrives during Poirot's questioning about the stranger?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do James and Poirot disagree about the evidence against Ralph and whether or not Ralph is the killer?

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

5. What two important clues were found by Poirot and James, at the end of Chapter Eight, and where were they found?

6. Why does Caroline think Miss Russell may be the killer, but James disagrees?

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

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

10. In Chapter One, what is Caroline's theory about Mrs. Ferrars' death and the death of Mr. Ferrars a year ago?

(see the answer keys)

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