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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. Why has Kent really come to town, according to Miss Russell?
(a) To get money
(b) To hide from police
(c) To have a nice visit family
(d) To live

2. What does Poirot ask Caroline to find out about Ralph's shoes?
(a) Color
(b) Type
(c) Who else owns similar shoes
(d) Size

3. Where did Ralph go into hiding?
(a) A secret room in Fernly Park
(b) A home for the mentally ill
(c) The summer house
(d) James' house

4. Everyone at the meeting is shocked by what?
(a) The police arriving
(b) Ursula and Ralph being married
(c) An unexpected phone call
(d) Ralph showing up

5. When they return from their walk, whom do Poirot and James find in James' house?
(a) Parker
(b) Raymond
(c) Flora
(d) Ursula

Short Answer Questions

1. Poirot suggests that, rather than be arrested, James does what?

2. Inspector Raglan tells James what about Kent?

3. How did Ursula and Ralph meet?

4. Whom does Poirot tell James he asked for a favor to help solve the case?

5. Poirot has a newspaper announcement sent saying that Ralph was captured where?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Poirot ask Caroline to do, in Chapter Fourteen, and what is the result?

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

4. In Chapter Twenty-four, Poirot unexpectedly produces Ralph at the meeting, saying what about Ralph's whereabouts during the time he was missing?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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