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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Charles Kent?
2. Caroline sends James to give what to Poirot?
3. Miss Ganett thinks who might be guilty of the crime?
4. What unusual name does Poirot call Ursula?
5. James and Poirot discover that Mrs. Ferrars was blackmailed and discuss which of the following people as a suspect?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do the police call, near the end of Chapter Seventeen?
2. In Chapter Twenty-one, what does Poirot ask James to do, regarding people at Fernly Park?
3. What is learned about Charles Kent, the stranger James met, in Chapter Eighteen, that would make him seem like a suspect?
4. In Chapter Nineteen, explain why Poirot suggests to the Inspector that he hold Charles Kent longer?
5. In Chapter Nineteen, when Poirot and the others visit Flora, what does she confess?
6. What admissions does Parker make, in Chapter Seventeen?
7. In Chapter Twenty-four, Poirot's maid walks in with what object and what significance does it have?
8. In Chapter Twenty-five, what does Poirot say was the purpose of the phone call?
9. What does Poirot ask Caroline to do, in Chapter Fourteen, and what is the result?
10. What does Poirot say about the moved chair, in Chapter Twenty-five?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain how the murders of Mr. Ferrars and Mr. Ackroyd and the suicide of Mrs. Ferrars were connected to each other. Also, explain when and how Poirot figured out they were connected. Did you reach the same conclusions because of the same key factors or not?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Poirot with Inspector Raglan. How are their investigative techniques similar and how are they different? Use examples from the story.
Essay Topic 3
Describe Dr. James Sheppard. What were your first impressions of him? Did those impressions change as you read the book? If so, in what ways and what triggered those changes?
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