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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rutledge dream of doing when this case is over as discussed in Chapter 13?
(a) Visit a hypnotist to help rid him of Hamish McLeod.
(b) Take early retirement.
(c) Train a sergeant to help with his case load.
(d) Go on a long vacation.

2. How does Lizzie Pinter react in Chapter 14 when Rutledge shows her the doll he found in an earlier chapter?
(a) She hugs Rutledge.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She tells about seeing a dead body.
(d) She screams.

3. Who is Redfern?
(a) The nephew of Catherine Tarrant, a mentally disturbed teen.
(b) The nephew of the innkeeper, an injured former soldier.
(c) The ward of the murder victim.
(d) Rutledge's assistant.

4. What does Hamish tell Rutledge about his ability to finish this case with his reputation intact?
(a) He should be able to solve the case easily.
(b) He should resign rather than fail.
(c) It will never happen.
(d) He will need more help.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What about the suspects does Rutledge have trouble identifying with at the end of Chapter 6?

2. What does Rutledge tell Bowles when he calls from Scotland Yard in Chapter 9?

3. Does the doctor think Hickam will be able to provide helpful information in the investigation?

4. What was the profession of Mavers' father?

5. Who does Rutledge discover Tarrant really is when he goes to see her in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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