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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 asks the group what important question at the meeting?
(a) Who knows where Ralph is?
(b) Who is the blackmailer among you?
(c) Who was in the room with Mr. Ackroyd at 9:30?
(d) Who else is hiding something?

2. Ursula insisted on telling whom about the marriage, after she heard the announcement of Ralph and Flora's engagement?
(a) Flora
(b) Mr. Ackroyd
(c) Miss Russell
(d) Caroline

3. Mrs. Ackroyd says that Ursula once caught her doing what?
(a) Rummaging through drawers in the study
(b) Reading Mr. Ackroyd's will
(c) Crying in a closet
(d) Handling the murder weapon

4. Mrs. Ackroyd admits what to James?
(a) Stealing the money
(b) Owning the ring
(c) Leaving the silver drawer open
(d) Changing the will

5. How does James identify Kent?
(a) His face
(b) His footprints
(c) His fingerprints
(d) His voice

Short Answer Questions

1. In the start of Chapter Fourteen, the narrator tells the reader that after Monday night Poirot and whom went their separate ways?

2. Caroline reminds James to tell Poirot about what?

3. Caroline sends James to give what to Poirot?

4. What was discovered about Parker when James and Poirot questioned him?

5. Why does Poirot eliminate Parker as the person who made the call?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Nineteen, when Poirot and the others visit Flora, what does she confess?

2. Poirot makes it known that he thinks James is guilty and offers James what way out?

3. What is learned about Charles Kent, the stranger James met, in Chapter Eighteen, that would make him seem like a suspect?

4. In Chapter Twenty-six, what does Poirot tell James is the only reason he never considered James as a suspect?

5. What does Poirot say about the moved chair, in Chapter Twenty-five?

6. What does Raymond reveal to James and Poirot, in Chapter Fifteen?

7. What suggestions do James and Caroline make about Flora's love life, in Chapter Sixteen?

8. What favor did Poirot ask of Inspector Raglan, in order to help solve the case?

9. In Chapter Twenty-five, what does Poirot say was the purpose of the phone call?

10. What idea does Poirot have about why Charles Kent went to Fernly Park the night of the murder?

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