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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rutledge go to visit Mrs. Davenant in Chapter 3?
(a) Wilton lives with her. She can keep him under supervision during the investigation.
(b) Wilton often visits her. She can offer an alibi for the day of the murder.
(c) Wilton often visits her. She is known to influence his behavior.
(d) Wilton lives with her. She can report on his actions the day of the murder.

2. What does Rutledge have trouble picturing when he returns to the meadow where the murder victim was discovered?
(a) The marks of the bullet's path.
(b) The sequence of events.
(c) Signs of a struggle.
(d) Possible location of a witness.

3. What does Lettice Wood claim was taken from her by the refusal to allow her to see her guardian's body one last time?
(a) A chance to bury him with the rosary he held so dear.
(b) A chance to say goodbye.
(c) A chance to lay a rose with his body.
(d) A chance to give him one last kiss.

4. Why does Wilton claim he moved to the small country village?
(a) To get away from the bustle of the city.
(b) To be closer to his former fiancee.
(c) To be close to his cousin.
(d) To get away from killing.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who seems to be the main topic of conversation in the beginning of Chapter 17?

3. What makes Lettice Wood decide Mark Wilton could not have killed her guardian?

4. What does Rutledge have trouble doing at the end of Chapter 4 that worries him about his ability to solve the case?

5. What does Lettice Wood say the murder victim's state of mind was in the days before his death?

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