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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 says that he wishes his old friend were around to do what?
(a) Interview suspects.
(b) Keep a record of the case facts.
(c) Keep him company.
(d) Add more original ideas to the investigation.

2. Why doesn't Poirot want James to be arrested?
(a) Because he knows James didn't mean to commit murder
(b) Because he still needs more information from James
(c) Because he and James have become friends
(d) To protect Caroline's feelings

3. Caroline sends James to give what to Poirot?
(a) A note
(b) A jar of jam
(c) A loaf of bread
(d) His hat that he left at their house

4. Caroline tells James that which person stopped in looking for Poirot?
(a) Blunt
(b) Raymond
(c) Flora
(d) Mrs. Ackroyd

5. What unusual name does Poirot call Ursula?
(a) Miss Ferrars
(b) Mrs. Ackroyd
(c) Miss Ackroyd
(d) Mrs. Paton

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not go to Liverpool to see Charles Kent?

2. James and Poirot discover that Mrs. Ferrars was blackmailed and discuss which of the following people as a suspect?

3. James speaks to whom first at Fernly Park?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the story of Ursula and Ralph?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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