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The murder of Roger Acroyd

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    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a detective novel by the British writer Agatha Christie, her third to feature Hercule Poirot as the lead detective.
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  • Who is the narrator of the novel?
    THERE IS AN OMNISCIENT NARRATOR
    DR.SHEPPARD
    HERCULE POIROT
    THE NARRATION SHIFTS BETWEEN MANY CHARACTERS
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  • Where does Dr. Sheppard's sister Caroline get most of her gossip from?
    HER UPPER-CLASS FRIENDS
    THE SERVANTS AND TRADESMEN
    SHE FREQUENTLY GOES OUT AND PRODS STRANGERS FOR GOSSIP
    NO ONE - SHE IS NOT MUCH OF A GOSSIP
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  • Who dies first in the novel?
    DR. SHEPPARD
    ROGER ACKROYD
    MRS. FERRARS
    URSULA BOURNE
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  • How does Mrs. Ferrars die?
    SHE ACCIDENTALLY OVERDOSES ON VERONAL
    SHE IS POISONED BY SOMEONE ELSE
    SHE ACCIDENTALLY OVERDOSES ON HEROIN
    SHE POISONS HERSELF
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  • Why does Miss Russell really visit Dr. Sheppard the day after Mrs. Ferrars' death?
    SHE WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT COCAINE AND WHETHER SOMEONE WI
    SHE WANTS TO LEARN ABOUT VERONAL AND HOW IT COULD BE USED TO
    SHE WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEADLY POIS
    SHE HOPES THAT DR. SHEPPARD WILL TELL HER HOW MRS. FERRARS D
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  • How is Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd related to Roger Ackroyd?
    SHE IS IS HIS SISTER
    SHE IS HIS SISTER-IN-LAW
    SHE IS HIS DIVORCED WIFE
    SHE IS HIS MOTHER
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  • How is Ralph Patton related to Roger Ackroyd?
    RALPH IS ROGER ACKROYD'S STEPSON
    NONE OF THE ABOVE
    RALPH IS ROGER ACKROYD'S SON
    RALPH IS ROGER ACKROYD'S SON-IN-LAW
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  • Who was Ralph Patton really talking to in the woods?
    FLORA ACKROYD
    IT IS NEVER REVEALED
    MRS. FERRARS
    URSULA BOURNE
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  • What does Dr. Sheppard initially believe his neighbor's profession to be?
    Hairdresser
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  • Why did Hercule Poirot originally come to King's Abbot?
    TO RETIRE
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  • Ultimately, who is the mysterious stranger who Dr. Sheppard meets approaching Fernly Park on the night of the murder?
    CHARLES KENT, MISS RUSSELL'S ESTRANGED SON
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  • Why is Roger Ackroyd so upset at dinner?
    HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT MRS. CECIL ACKROYD'S SPENDING HABITS
    MRS. FERRARS TOLD HIM SHE WAS BEING BLACKMAILED BEFORE HER D
    HE BELIEVES SOMEONE WANTS TO KILL HIM
    HIS STEPSON RALPH PATON REFUSED TO MARRY FLORA ACKROYD
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  • Who killed Ashley Ferrars, Mrs. Ferrars' late husband?
    RALPH PATON
    ROGER ACKROYD
    DR. SHEPPARD
    MRS. FERRARS
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  • What nationality is Hercule Poirot?
    DUTCH
    BRITISH
    FRENCH
    BELGIAN
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  • What clues does Poirot find on the floor of the summerhouse?
    THE DAGGER THAT WAS USED TO KILL ROGER ACKROYD
    THE DICTAPHONE
    A WEDDING RING WITH THE INSCRIPTION "FROM R"
    A GOOSE QUILL AND A PIECE OF CAMBRIC
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  • The inspectors immediately find footprints outside of Ackroyd's study window. Who do these initially point to as the murderer?
    DR. SHEPPARD, WHO HAS TWO PAIRS OF SHOES THAT MATCH THE FOOT
    MAJOR BLUNT, WHO FREQUENTLY WALKS AROUND OUTSIDE FERNLY PARK
    RALPH PATON, WHO HAS TWO PAIRS OF SHOES THAT MATCH THE FOOTP
    do these initially point to as the murderer? DR. SHEPPARD, W
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