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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is discovered about the footprints?
(a) They belong to Blunt.
(b) They belong to Ralph.
(c) They belong to Raymond.
(d) They are from common shoes and could belong to anyone.

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

3. What is one of the items out of place in the summer house?
(a) A glass
(b) A goose quill
(c) A billiard ball
(d) A hat

4. Miss Russell says she has pain where?
(a) Her elbow
(b) Her shoulder
(c) Her knee
(d) Her stomach

5. Who is Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd?
(a) Mr. Ackroyd's sister-in-law
(b) Mr. Ackroyd's wife
(c) Mr. Ackroyd's daughter
(d) Mr. Ackroyd's sister

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the parlor maid's name?

2. Who does Mr. Ackroyd invite to dinner?

3. Raymond says he overheard what at 9:30?

4. Who tells Mr. Ackroyd that they are being blackmailed?

5. Who is Hector Blunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the relationship, in Chapter One, between Dr. James Sheppard and his sister, Caroline.

2. What is the Intelligence Corps and what role does it play, in Chapter One?

3. Describe James and Caroline's new neighbor, Mr. Poirot, using information from Chapter Three.

4. Whose fingerprints does Poirot tell the inspector that he forgot to check against the prints on the murder weapon?

5. What is found missing from Mr. Ackroyd's room, in Chapter Ten, and who is discussed as someone who may have taken it?

6. What important clue is found by Poirot in the pond, and what initial was inscribed on it?

7. What did Mr. Ackroyd say to James, in Chapter Two, that James knew to be untrue and why did James know that?

8. In Chapter One, how does James feel about Caroline's theory regarding Mrs. Ferrars' death?

9. Describe examples of some of the interesting information that Mr. Poirot supplies to James about Mr. Ackroyd and Ralph.

10. What does Caroline tell Poirot, in Chapter Eleven, that upsets James and why?

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