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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 suddenly appears at the meeting?

2. Who is not going to the meeting?

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

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

5. Poirot wants everyone at Fernly Park to meet where?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the story of Ursula and Ralph?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In what ways is Ralph made to look guilty throughout the book in the eyes of most of the characters? Why is Poirot not convinced? Cite examples to support both opinions.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Miss Russell's interest in drugs was tied to Charles Kent and how they became alibis for each other. What led Poirot to make the connection?

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