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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What motive does Wilton have for murdering Harris?
(a) Reputation.
(b) Lettice Wood.
(c) A title.
(d) Money.

2. Who does Forrest suggest it was that told the town of Catherine Tarrant's love affair with a German during the war?
(a) Warren.
(b) Carfield.
(c) Davies.
(d) Wilton.

3. What item in Mavers' house does Hamish find for Rutledge in Chapter 5?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) A knife.
(d) A canister of poison.

4. Who does Rutledge think he sees in the garden at the Inn while preparing for lunch in Chapter 16?
(a) Helena Sommers.
(b) Maggie Sommers.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) Catherine Tarrant.

5. Who, as described in Chapter 5, died in the Boer War?
(a) Mavers' cousin.
(b) Mavers' sister.
(c) Mavers' father.
(d) Mavers' brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rutledge learn he saw sitting in the garden while preparing for lunch in Chapter 16?

2. How does Mavers react to the conversation he has in the church yard after services in Chapter 15?

3. Who is Agnes Farrell?

4. Why does Rutledge continue to hesitate to arrest Wilton at the end of Chapter 16?

5. What does Lettice Wood accuse Rutledge of doing during their interview at the end of Chapter 16?

(see the answer key)

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