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The murder of Roger Acroyd

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  • What nationality is Hercule Poirot?
    BELGIAN
    FRENCH
    BRITISH
    DUTCH
  • Why did Hercule Poirot originally come to King's Abbot?
    TO RETIRE
  • Who killed Ashley Ferrars, Mrs. Ferrars' late husband?
    DR. SHEPPARD
    MRS. FERRARS
    RALPH PATON
    ROGER ACKROYD
  • How is Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd related to Roger Ackroyd?
    SHE IS HIS MOTHER
    SHE IS HIS DIVORCED WIFE
    SHE IS IS HIS SISTER
    SHE IS HIS SISTER-IN-LAW
  • Why is Roger Ackroyd so upset at dinner?
    HE BELIEVES SOMEONE WANTS TO KILL HIM
    MRS. FERRARS TOLD HIM SHE WAS BEING BLACKMAILED BEFORE HER D
    HIS STEPSON RALPH PATON REFUSED TO MARRY FLORA ACKROYD
    HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT MRS. CECIL ACKROYD'S SPENDING HABITS
  • Who was Ralph Patton really talking to in the woods?
    MRS. FERRARS
    FLORA ACKROYD
    IT IS NEVER REVEALED
    URSULA BOURNE
  • 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
  • Who is the narrator of the novel?
    HERCULE POIROT
    THERE IS AN OMNISCIENT NARRATOR
    THE NARRATION SHIFTS BETWEEN MANY CHARACTERS
    DR.SHEPPARD
  • Who dies first in the novel?
    ROGER ACKROYD
    DR. SHEPPARD
    URSULA BOURNE
    MRS. FERRARS
  • What does Dr. Sheppard initially believe his neighbor's profession to be?
    Hairdresser
  • How does Mrs. Ferrars die?
    SHE ACCIDENTALLY OVERDOSES ON HEROIN
    SHE IS POISONED BY SOMEONE ELSE
    SHE POISONS HERSELF
    SHE ACCIDENTALLY OVERDOSES ON VERONAL
  • Where does Dr. Sheppard's sister Caroline get most of her gossip from?
    NO ONE - SHE IS NOT MUCH OF A GOSSIP
    SHE FREQUENTLY GOES OUT AND PRODS STRANGERS FOR GOSSIP
    HER UPPER-CLASS FRIENDS
    THE SERVANTS AND TRADESMEN
  • When was The Murder of Roger Ackroyd published?
    1886
    1920
    1926
    1941
  • 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
  • The inspectors immediately find footprints outside of Ackroyd's study window. Who do these initially point to as the murderer?
    RALPH PATON, WHO HAS TWO PAIRS OF SHOES THAT MATCH THE FOOTP
    DR. SHEPPARD, WHO HAS TWO PAIRS OF SHOES THAT MATCH THE FOOT
    do these initially point to as the murderer? DR. SHEPPARD, W
    MAJOR BLUNT, WHO FREQUENTLY WALKS AROUND OUTSIDE FERNLY PARK
  • How is Ralph Patton related to Roger Ackroyd?
    RALPH IS ROGER ACKROYD'S STEPSON
    RALPH IS ROGER ACKROYD'S SON
    RALPH IS ROGER ACKROYD'S SON-IN-LAW
    NONE OF THE ABOVE
  • Why does Miss Russell really visit Dr. Sheppard the day after Mrs. Ferrars' death?
    SHE HOPES THAT DR. SHEPPARD WILL TELL HER HOW MRS. FERRARS D
    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 WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT COCAINE AND WHETHER SOMEONE WI