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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. Ursula comes from what sort of family background?
(a) Wealthy family
(b) Orphaned at a young age
(c) Poor family
(d) Abusive family

2. Who is Charles Kent?
(a) The milk man
(b) The police officer who called
(c) A salesman
(d) The stranger James saw

3. Poirot suggests what to the Inspector about Flora?
(a) She might have lied about knowing where Ralph is.
(b) She might be planning to run away and marry Blunt.
(c) She might be the blackmailer.
(d) She might have lied about when she last saw her uncle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Everyone enjoys guessing the meaning of what?

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

3. Miss Ganett thinks who might be guilty of the crime?

4. What does Poirot tell Blunt that makes Blunt happy?

5. Who is in such disbelief that he/she calls the police to confirm the situation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter Nineteen, explain why Poirot suggests to the Inspector that he hold Charles Kent longer?

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter Twenty-one, what does Poirot ask James to do, regarding people at Fernly Park?

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

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

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