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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 did Mr. Poirot ask Mr. Ackroyd to do?

2. Where does Mr. Poirot tell James he knew Mr. Ackroyd from?

3. What is discovered about the footprints?

4. Flora is so upset that she asks Raymond to do what?

5. Who becomes an immediate suspect due to his/her strange behavior?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do James and Poirot disagree about the evidence against Ralph and whether or not Ralph is the killer?

2. Describe what Mr. Ackroyd confides to James, in Chapter Four.

3. Describe clues that everyone tells the police and that the police themselves find, after Mr. Ackroyd's body is discovered, in Chapter Five.

4. Using the information in Chapter Two, describe the supposed relationship between Mr. Ackroyd and Mrs. Ferrars. Why were they close?

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

6. What does James learn from his trip to see Ralph, in Chapter Three?

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

8. Why does Caroline think Miss Russell may be the killer, but James disagrees?

9. What two important clues were found by Poirot and James, at the end of Chapter Eight, and where were they found?

10. Based on the information given in Chapter Two, describe the village.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Miss Russell's interest in drugs was tied to Charles Kent and how they became alibis for each other. What led Poirot to make the connection?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Poirot with Inspector Raglan. How are their investigative techniques similar and how are they different? Use examples from the story.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Poirot finally found out that James was the killer for certain. How did he confront James about it? What was James' reaction? What option did Poirot give? How did things end up? What were both mens' motivations for their actions at the end of the book?

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