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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. Poirot announces what to everyone?
3. Poirot tells James that he knows James arranged the phone call because of what?
4. Caroline reminds James to tell Poirot about what?
5. Poirot suggests that, rather than be arrested, James does what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What favor did Poirot ask of Inspector Raglan, in order to help solve the case?
2. In Chapter Twenty-one, what does Poirot ask James to do, regarding people at Fernly Park?
3. In Chapter Fifteen, what is the significance of homemade jam?
4. What does Raymond reveal to James and Poirot, in Chapter Fifteen?
5. Poirot makes it known that he thinks James is guilty and offers James what way out?
6. In Chapter Twenty-four, Poirot unexpectedly produces Ralph at the meeting, saying what about Ralph's whereabouts during the time he was missing?
7. In Chapter Twenty, Poirot and James go to see Miss Russell because Poirot wants to confront her about what?
8. Who do James and Poirot find crying in James' house, and what important thing does Poirot do at that point?
9. In Chapter Twenty-three, Poirot insinuates that nobody was actually in the room when Mr. Ackroyd died. How does he account for the conversation that was heard?
10. In Chapter Fourteen, who finally tells his/her story of the secret they've been hiding and what is it?
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
Agatha Christie uses foreshadowing throughout the story. Describe how and when Ralph's possible marriage to Ursula was foreshadowed.
Essay Topic 3
What role does Mrs. Ferrars' suicide play in both the reason for Mr. Ackroyd's murder and the way in which Poirot solved the murder? Be sure to use both evidence gained by Mrs. Ferrars' suicide and the motivations of the killer, James, in your answer.
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