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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. Flora confesses to what part of the mystery?
(a) Stealing the $40 from her uncle's room
(b) Knowing Ralph's whereabouts
(c) Murdering her uncle
(d) The blackmail

2. Who tries to save Flora from her confession by confessing to the same thing?
(a) Raymond
(b) Blunt
(c) Miss Russell
(d) James

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

4. Everyone enjoys guessing the meaning of what?
(a) The engraving on the ring
(b) The missing money
(c) The quill
(d) Ralph's disappearance

5. Of the following people, who did Ursula have a major fight with the day of the murder?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Ackroyd
(b) Ralph and Flora
(c) Mr. Ackroyd and Ralph
(d) Flora and Mr. Ackroyd

Short Answer Questions

1. James gives Poirot what?

2. Who walks into the meeting with a telegram?

3. What is mentioned as a popular pastime in King's Abbot?

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

5. Mrs. Ackroyd says that Mr. Ackroyd was what, regarding money?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter Twenty-four, Poirot's maid walks in with what object and what significance does it have?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why do the police call, near the end of Chapter Seventeen?

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