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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Miss Gannet tell James that Mrs. Ferrars and Mr. Ackroyd broke off their engagement?
(a) Mrs. Ferrars had an addiction to sleeping pills.
(b) Mr. Ackroyd was planning to move away.
(c) Mrs. Ferrars planned to see someone else.
(d) Mrs. Ferrars was a gambler.

2. Before his death, what did Mr. Ackroyd tell Flora about Mr. Poirot?
(a) He is a retired detective
(b) He is a lunatic
(c) He is a retired doctor
(d) He murdered a man years ago

3. In Chapter One, who has died?
(a) Mr. Ferguson
(b) Mr. Ford
(c) Mrs. Ferris
(d) Mrs. Ferrars

4. Caroline gives Poirot what?
(a) Money
(b) A list of James' patients
(c) A list of suspicious people in the neighborhood
(d) A note she found

5. Mr. Ackroyd's wife was which of the following?
(a) A gambler
(b) Mentally ill
(c) A drug addict
(d) An alcoholic

6. Who is Hector Blunt?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A well-known doctor.
(c) A well-known hunter.
(d) An amateur writer.

7. John's sister's name is?
(a) Caroline
(b) Connie
(c) Carlotta
(d) Candace

8. Whose shoes do the prints outside the window match?
(a) Blunt's
(b) Raymond's
(c) Ralph's
(d) Parker's

9. What is Fernly Park?
(a) A stadium
(b) A park
(c) A house
(d) A museum

10. Where was the dagger usually kept?
(a) In a cabinet in Mr. Ackroyd's bedroom
(b) In a table in the drawing room
(c) In a box in the billiard room
(d) In a desk drawer in the library

11. What does James tell Officer Davis that was familiar about the mysterious man he saw the night of the murder?
(a) Nothing at all
(b) His voice
(c) His face
(d) His clothes

12. Who finds a gold ring?
(a) James
(b) Flora
(c) Poirot
(d) Blunt

13. Why is James upset with Caroline?
(a) She is helping to incriminate Ralph.
(b) She will not speak to him.
(c) She did not cook dinner as she promised.
(d) She is not helping with the investigation.

14. In Chapter One, how does Caroline think Mrs. Ferrars died?
(a) An overdose of sleeping pills
(b) Natural causes
(c) Murder
(d) An overdose of pain medication

15. What did Mr. Poirot ask Mr. Ackroyd to do?
(a) To conceal his identity.
(b) To hold on to an important document for him.
(c) To introduce him to the people in town.
(d) To keep quiet about his profession.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Poirot think of James' theory about Ursula?

2. Mr. Poirot lives where?

3. Why does the officer take the murder weapon to the billiard room?

4. Why doesn't Inspector Raglan want Mr. Poirot to work on the case?

5. What does Caroline think James should search for regarding Mrs. Ferrars?

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