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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hamish imply to Rutledge as Rutledge listens to Lettice Wood and Mark Wilton discuss the cancellation of their wedding?
(a) He will never have so many women fight for his affections.
(b) He will never have a woman like Lettice Wood.
(c) He cannot understand the women in the case.
(d) He cannot separate himself from the women in the case.

2. How is the murder victim in this novel killed?
(a) With a knife.
(b) With a shotgun blast to the face.
(c) With a poison.
(d) With a gunshot to the breast.

3. What does Rutledge notice about the personality of Helena's sister when he meets her in Chapter 7?
(a) She is outgoing and confident.
(b) She is shy and reserved.
(c) She is ugly and unpleasant.
(d) She is promiscuous and flirty.

4. Who does Helena Sommers admit she saw the morning of the murder in Chapter 4?
(a) Wilton.
(b) Lettice Wood.
(c) Harris.
(d) Royston.

5. Why does Rutledge become angry in Chapter 7 while talking with Lettice Wood?
(a) She will not answer his questions.
(b) She reminds him of his mother.
(c) She is beautiful but he can never have her.
(d) She is more courageous than his former fiancee Jean.

6. What about the suspects does Rutledge have trouble identifying with at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Their emotions.
(b) Their testimony.
(c) Their thoughts.
(d) Their lifestyles.

7. Who is Sally Davenant?
(a) Wilton's sister.
(b) Wilton's former fiancee.
(c) Wilton's mistress.
(d) Wilton's cousin.

8. Who owns the house where the Sommers sisters live?
(a) Colonel Harris.
(b) A family called Haldanes.
(c) A family called Warren.
(d) Captain Wilton.

9. Who is Laurence Royston?
(a) Harris' butler.
(b) Harris' man of business.
(c) Harris' cousin.
(d) Harris' best friend.

10. Why does Rutledge find himself forced to shoot McLeod after he faced the firing squad?
(a) McLeod asked for Rutledge to fire the fatal shot.
(b) The firing squad chickened out in killing McLeod.
(c) McLeod managed to escape the firing squad.
(d) The firing squad failed to kill McLeod.

11. Who does Rutledge learn was engaged to Wilton during the war?
(a) Lettice Wood.
(b) Mrs. Davanent.
(c) Helena Sommers.
(d) Catherine Tarrant.

12. What nationality does one of Lettice Wood's suggest for a secret lover Catherine Tarrant had?
(a) Italian.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) English.

13. Who does Davies think should be recorded as the murderer in Chapter 7?
(a) Persons unknown.
(b) Wilton.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) Harris.

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

15. What type of accident is Royston in that forces him to borrow money from Harris to make it right?
(a) A car accident.
(b) A bicycle accident.
(c) A boating accident.
(d) A plane crash.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Rutledge go to visit Mrs. Davenant in Chapter 3?

3. For whom does Ted Pinter work?

4. Who answers the door when Rutledge arrives at Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?

5. What illness does Rutledge learn Hickam suffers in Chapter 7?

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