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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. The next morning, what happens?
(a) Someone else is found dead.
(b) The funerals take place.
(c) Ralph returns.
(d) Caroline goes missing.

2. Poirot has a newspaper announcement sent saying that Ralph was captured where?
(a) Charchester
(b) Dorchester
(c) London
(d) Liverpool

3. James' secret is that he met Ralph after the murder and told him what, causing Ralph to leave?
(a) Flora planned to marry someone else.
(b) Flora was a major suspect.
(c) Ralph was a major suspect.
(d) Ursula was a major suspect.

4. James seems unconcerned by Poirot's accusations and even does what during the exchange?
(a) Accuses Poirot of the murder
(b) Walks into the other room
(c) Yawns
(d) Calmly drinks tea

5. Ralph wanted to conceal his marriage to Ursula until he could do what?
(a) Get out of financial trouble.
(b) Move away.
(c) Slowly get his uncle used to the idea.
(d) Break up with Flora gently.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major discovery do James and Poirot make about Charles Kent?

2. James speaks to whom first at Fernly Park?

3. James and Poirot discover that Mrs. Ferrars was blackmailed and discuss which of the following people as a suspect?

4. Poirot wants everyone at Fernly Park to meet where?

5. James, Caroline, and Poirot's dinner is interrupted by a call from whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What suggestions do James and Caroline make about Flora's love life, in Chapter Sixteen?

2. Why do the police call, near the end of Chapter Seventeen?

3. In Chapter Twenty-four, Poirot unexpectedly produces Ralph at the meeting, saying what about Ralph's whereabouts during the time he was missing?

4. What admissions does Parker make, in Chapter Seventeen?

5. What favor did Poirot ask of Inspector Raglan, in order to help solve the case?

6. In Chapter Twenty-six, what does Poirot tell James is the only reason he never considered James as a suspect?

7. What does Poirot say about the moved chair, in Chapter Twenty-five?

8. In Chapter Twenty-one, what does Poirot ask James to do, regarding people at Fernly Park?

9. What idea does Poirot have about why Charles Kent went to Fernly Park the night of the murder?

10. In Chapter Twenty-five, what does Poirot say was the purpose of the phone call?

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