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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. What was the unusual stranger there for?
2. According to Poirot, everyone is doing what?
3. What item was moved at the crime scene?
4. Before his death, what did Mr. Ackroyd tell Flora about Mr. Poirot?
5. How does Caroline find out about Mrs. Ferrars?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter One, what is Caroline's theory about Mrs. Ferrars' death and the death of Mr. Ferrars a year ago?
2. Why is Mrs. Ackroyd disappointed and upset, in Chapter Ten, according to what she confides to James?
3. Explain why James does not want to go with Flora to see Poirot, in Chapter Seven.
4. What is found missing from Mr. Ackroyd's room, in Chapter Ten, and who is discussed as someone who may have taken it?
5. Describe clues that everyone tells the police and that the police themselves find, after Mr. Ackroyd's body is discovered, in Chapter Five.
6. What important question is asked asked regarding fire during Poirot's first trip to the crime scene, in Chapter Twenty.
7. What does Caroline tell Poirot, in Chapter Eleven, that upsets James and why?
8. What does James learn from his trip to see Ralph, in Chapter Three?
9. Describe what Mr. Ackroyd confides to James, in Chapter Four.
10. Describe examples of some of the interesting information that Mr. Poirot supplies to James about Mr. Ackroyd and Ralph.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At what point in time does Poirot seem to suspect that Ralph and Ursula may have secretly married? Did you reach the same conclusion at the same time? Explain why or why not.
Essay Topic 2
Explain what you learned throughout the book about James as a man. When, if ever, did you notice a change in him or realize that he was the true killer before Poirot confronted him? Do you feel that James ultimately made the right decision by deciding to commit suicide? Explain why you think he made the decision and why you agree or disagree with it.
Essay Topic 3
Describe Dr. James Sheppard. What were your first impressions of him? Did those impressions change as you read the book? If so, in what ways and what triggered those changes?
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