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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rutledge go to check on in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Warren.
(b) Lettice Wood.
(c) Lizzie Pinter.
(d) Hickam.

2. What image has been in Lettice Wood's head since learning of her guardian's violent death?
(a) His smiling face as she last saw it.
(b) A bloody shirt front.
(c) A bloody mass of flesh.
(d) His mangled body.

3. Why does Rutledge wake Lettice in the middle of the night in the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) He knows who killed Harris and wants to test his theory.
(b) He needs Lettice to confirm what Harris was wearing the morning he died.
(c) He wants Lettice to tell him what kind of guns Wilton knows how to use.
(d) He is in need of comfort and information.

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

5. Who does Helena Sommers tell Rutledge has arranged a car to take her to the funeral?
(a) Davies.
(b) Forrest.
(c) Warren.
(d) Royston.

6. What does Rutledge threaten when Rutledge tells him of the evidence mounting against him?
(a) To fight to have him fired from Scotland Yard.
(b) To have him arrested for defamation of character.
(c) To have his friends beat him up.
(d) To fight him in court.

7. What is Mrs. Davenant's opinion of the relationship between Catherine Tarrant and Rolf Linden?
(a) It was passionate to have survived.
(b) It was ill fated and would have failed.
(c) It was scandalous because of the sentiments during the war.
(d) It was a tragedy for everyone involved.

8. How does Rutledge decide Lizzie Pinter seeing the dead man fall from his horse in the meadow change the evidence against Wilton?
(a) It proves Harris was killed elsewhere, clearing Wilton.
(b) It changes nothing.
(c) It proves Harris could not have fought with Wilton in the lane.
(d) It proves Harris was shot in the town square, pointing to Mavers.

9. What is implied by the fight that Harris and Lettice had in the inn before Harris' death?
(a) They were in disagreement over Lettice's marriage to Wilton.
(b) They did not agree on the budget for the wedding.
(c) They were lovers.
(d) They did not like one another.

10. Where does Hickam say he saw the murder victim argue with Mark Wilton the morning of the murder?
(a) In the lane.
(b) In the meadow where the body was found.
(c) In front of Helena Sommers house.
(d) In the village square.

11. What injuries does Royston have when Rutledge finds him running from the Sommers' cottage in Chapter 20?
(a) A shotgun blast to his face.
(b) A knife wound to the belly.
(c) A gun shot wound in the leg.
(d) A badly cut shoulder.

12. What causes Hickam's testimony to be confusing as Rutledge is finally able to interrogate him in Chapter 15?
(a) Drugs.
(b) References to the war.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) References to non-existent people.

13. Where does Rutledge go to speak to Wilton in the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) Mallows.
(b) The Haldanes.
(c) Mrs. Davenant's.
(d) The Inn.

14. Who does Rutledge learn he saw sitting in the garden while preparing for lunch in Chapter 16?
(a) Maggie Sommers.
(b) Lettice Wood.
(c) Catherine Tarrant.
(d) Helena Sommers.

15. To whom does a witness claim Catherine Tarrant gave money after the murder?
(a) Hickam.
(b) Helena Sommers.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Lettice Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the murder victim, as discovered by Rutledge in Chapter 14, riding his horse near the houses of ill repute on the lane?

2. How does Rutledge calm Lettice Wood after insulting her by implying she had a hand in the murder?

3. What does Rutledge have trouble picturing when he returns to the meadow where the murder victim was discovered?

4. Who does Lettice Wood remind Rutledge of?

5. Who does Rutledge ask for an opinion about the murder case in the beginning of Chapter 13?

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