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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Poirot thinks Kent may be what?
(a) Lying about his name
(b) Lying about his alibi
(c) The blackmailer
(d) The murderer

2. What major discovery do James and Poirot make about Charles Kent?
(a) He is Mr. Ackroyd's son.
(b) He is Miss Russell's son.
(c) He is Mrs. Ackroyd's son.
(d) He is Mr. and Mrs. Ferrars' son.

3. How does James identify Kent?
(a) His fingerprints
(b) His voice
(c) His footprints
(d) His face

4. Everyone enjoys guessing the meaning of what?
(a) The quill
(b) The engraving on the ring
(c) Ralph's disappearance
(d) The missing money

5. Where does Caroline think Ralph is?
(a) Winchester
(b) Worcester
(c) Cranchester
(d) Manchester

6. Who is frustrating Inspector Raglan, as Chapter Twenty opens?
(a) James
(b) Charles Kent
(c) Flora
(d) Poirot

7. Poirot announces what to everyone?
(a) That the police are on their way now
(b) That he did not invite the police to the meeting on purpose
(c) That the police are in the next room
(d) That the police already have the murderer in custody

8. Who summons James to his/her bedside?
(a) Poirot
(b) Mrs. Ackroyd
(c) Caroline
(d) Flora

9. Caroline thinks that who might have secretly married Flora already?
(a) Raymond
(b) Blunt
(c) Ralph
(d) Parker

10. Caroline sends James to give what to Poirot?
(a) A note
(b) A jar of jam
(c) His hat that he left at their house
(d) A loaf of bread

11. Inspector Raglan tells James what about Kent?
(a) His alibi does not check out.
(b) He confessed.
(c) His alibi checks out.
(d) He escaped.

12. How did Ursula and Ralph meet?
(a) Through Ralph's job
(b) At a party
(c) Through Ursula's job
(d) In a store

13. Poirot says what about Ralph's footprints?
(a) Ralph did make the prints, but wasn't the murderer.
(b) Someone else had similar shoes.
(c) Someone used Ralph's shoes to frame him.
(d) The prints prove Ralph's guilt.

14. Poirot thinks that the killer used the chair to conceal what item on the table?
(a) A wine glass
(b) A dictaphone
(c) The will
(d) A letter

15. What was discovered about Parker when James and Poirot questioned him?
(a) He knew the owner of the ring.
(b) He stole the money.
(c) He blackmailed Mr. Ackroyd.
(d) He blackmailed his former employer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Raymond admits that his secret is what?

2. Poirot asks the group what important question at the meeting?

3. Why does Poirot think Charles Kent went to Fernly Park the day of the murder?

4. Miss Ganett thinks who might be guilty of the crime?

5. Who do the police say is a drug user?

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