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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. Poirot says what about Ralph's footprints?
2. Mrs. Ackroyd admits what to James?
3. Poirot wants James to do what regarding his manuscript?
4. How does James identify Kent?
5. Who is frustrating Inspector Raglan, as Chapter Twenty opens?
Short Essay Questions
1. Poirot makes it known that he thinks James is guilty and offers James what way out?
2. What idea does Poirot have about why Charles Kent went to Fernly Park the night of the murder?
3. Who do James and Caroline invite over, in Chapter Sixteen, and why?
4. In Chapter Twenty-six, what does Poirot tell James is the only reason he never considered James as a suspect?
5. In Chapter Twenty-four, Poirot's maid walks in with what object and what significance does it have?
6. What does Poirot ask Caroline to do, in Chapter Fourteen, and what is the result?
7. What suggestions do James and Caroline make about Flora's love life, in Chapter Sixteen?
8. What does Raymond reveal to James and Poirot, in Chapter Fifteen?
9. In Chapter Nineteen, explain why Poirot suggests to the Inspector that he hold Charles Kent longer?
10. In Chapter Twenty-five, what does Poirot say was the purpose of the phone call?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose two of the following characters and describe how they influenced the story:
1. Blunt
2. Raymond
3. Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd
Essay Topic 2
Describe how Poirot finally found out that James was the killer for certain. How did he confront James about it? What was James' reaction? What option did Poirot give? How did things end up? What were both mens' motivations for their actions at the end of the book?
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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