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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 label was Mavers given, as described in Chapter 5, that he chose to live up to?
(a) Drunk.
(b) Troublemaker.
(c) Scholar.
(d) Philosopher.

2. What emotion does Rutledge recognize brings on Hamish McLeod's voice quickly in his mind?
(a) Anger.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Loneliness.

3. What is the Victoria Cross?
(a) The highest military honor presented to British soldiers.
(b) A type of pocket watch.
(c) A memorial placed in a cemetery.
(d) An award given to pilots in World War I.

4. 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 work in the fields.
(c) The person would rather starve than take money from Tarrant.
(d) The person would like to but her parents would not approve.

5. Who is Lettice Wood?
(a) Harris' fiancee.
(b) Harris' daughter.
(c) Harris' ward.
(d) Harris' cousin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does Rutledge learn in Chapter 2 the murder victim fought the night before his death?

3. What alibi does Inspector Forrest present to Rutledge for Mavers in Chapter 6?

4. Who does Wilton recall meeting on his morning walk the day of the murder?

5. Who first mentions Mavers to Rutledge while he is doing interviews?

(see the answer key)

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