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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Redfern tell Rutledge he believes a fight between Harris and Refern the Tuesday before the murder could not have been terribly serious?
(a) Lettice Wood told him it was not serious.
(b) Lettice Wood was happy a few days later.
(c) Harris walked with her in the garden immediately afterward.
(d) Harris told him it was just a lover's tiff.

2. What is an inquest?
(a) A court hearing such as an arraignment.
(b) A judicial investigation into cause of death.
(c) A naming of susects in a murder investigation.
(d) A murder investigation.

3. When does Catherine Tarrant claim a person never knows fear?
(a) When they know they have justice on their side.
(b) When they have all the money they could need.
(c) When they have all they ever wanted.
(d) When they have nothing to lose.

4. Who remains Rutledge's prime suspect in the investigation as Chapter 12 draws to a close?
(a) Tarrant.
(b) Wilton.
(c) Wood.
(d) Mavers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lizzie Pinter react to the sight of her father in Chapter 14?

2. What does Rutledge realize is the only evidence against Mark Wilton at the end of Chapter 14?

3. Who, as described in Chapter 5, prevented Mavers from joining the Army at the beginning of World War I?

4. Who does Rutledge suggest to Wilton might have been the real murderer?

5. What motive does Lettice Wood suggest Catherine Tarrant might have had to kill the murder victim?

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