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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What response does Catherine Tarrant receive when she asks a person in Chapter 6 to model for a painting?
(a) The person would like to but is afraid of public scandal.
(b) The person would rather starve than take money from Tarrant.
(c) The person would rather work in the fields.
(d) The person would like to but her parents would not approve.

2. Who is Catherine Tarrant searching for at the beginning of chapter 6?
(a) Warren.
(b) Carfield.
(c) Hickam.
(d) Davies.

3. What type of handwriting is the letter Bowles received regarding Rutledge written in?
(a) Girlish.
(b) Cut out letters.
(c) Manly.
(d) Typed.

4. Who does the doctor tell Rutledge the town is about to lynch at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Mavers.
(b) Lettice Wood.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Catherine Tarrant.

5. Who does Rutledge run into in Chapter 5 after leaving Mavers?
(a) Warren.
(b) Royston.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Tarrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the murder that will be investigated in this novel take place?

2. What emotion is uppermost in the murder victim's mind when he realizes he is dying?

3. What did the government want Wilton to help build as he mentions in Chapter 3?

4. Who, as described in Chapter 5, died of drowning?

5. Who is Laurence Royston?

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