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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 in such disbelief that he/she calls the police to confirm the situation?
(a) Blunt
(b) Mr. Hammond
(c) Raymond
(d) Mrs. Ackroyd

2. James speaks to whom first at Fernly Park?
(a) Mrs. Ackroyd
(b) Ursula
(c) Raymond
(d) Parker

3. Caroline tells James that what event happened at Poirot's house today?
(a) There was a male visitor.
(b) There was a fire.
(c) There was a female visitor.
(d) There was an unusual noise.

4. Ralph wanted to conceal his marriage to Ursula until he could do what?
(a) Get out of financial trouble.
(b) Move away.
(c) Slowly get his uncle used to the idea.
(d) Break up with Flora gently.

5. Mrs. Ackroyd says that Mr. Ackroyd was what, regarding money?
(a) Generous
(b) A good investor
(c) A poor investor
(d) Greedy and tightfisted

Short Answer Questions

1. Caroline tells James that which person stopped in looking for Poirot?

2. Who is frustrating Inspector Raglan, as Chapter Twenty opens?

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

4. Mrs. Ackroyd admits what to James?

5. Poirot says that he wishes his old friend were around to do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. At the meeting, how do Flora and Mrs. Ackroyd react to Poirot's announcement that Ursula and Ralph are married?

3. Who do James and Caroline invite over, in Chapter Sixteen, and why?

4. What admissions does Parker make, in Chapter Seventeen?

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

6. In Chapter Twenty, Poirot and James go to see Miss Russell because Poirot wants to confront her about what?

7. In Chapter Fifteen, what is the significance of homemade jam?

8. Who do James and Poirot find crying in James' house, and what important thing does Poirot do at that point?

9. In Chapter Fourteen, who finally tells his/her story of the secret they've been hiding and what is it?

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

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