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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hamish McLeod respond to the portrait of Rolf Linden by Catherine Tarrant?
(a) He admires it.
(b) He mocks it.
(c) He cries.
(d) He laughs.

2. Who was the first to suggest calling off the wedding between Lettice Wood and Mark Wilton?
(a) Mark Wilton.
(b) Mrs. Davenant.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) Colonel Harris.

3. Who does Lizzie Pinter look like, as pointed out by Hamish at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Lettice Wood.
(b) Catherine Tarrant.
(c) Maggie Sommers.
(d) Jean.

4. Who escorts Lettice Wood to the funeral of Colonel Harris?
(a) Sergeant Davies.
(b) Dr. Warren.
(c) Mark Wilton.
(d) Inspector Forrest.

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

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

7. What does Rutledge hear as he approaches the Sommers' cottage in Chapter 20?
(a) The goose and a woman screaming.
(b) The goose and a man screaming.
(c) A shotgun blast.
(d) A child screaming.

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

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

10. Why does Rutledge often go to church while investigating a murder?
(a) He enjoys ritual.
(b) He is a highly religious man.
(c) It helps him get a feel for the villagers and suspects.
(d) It helps him deal with Hamish.

11. 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 could not have fought with Wilton in the lane.
(b) It proves Harris was shot in the town square, pointing to Mavers.
(c) It changes nothing.
(d) It proves Harris was killed elsewhere, clearing Wilton.

12. What is Catherine Tarrant's main motive as revealed by her own thoughts in Chapter 17?
(a) Hope the murderer of Harris will be found soon.
(b) Grief for the loss of Wilton.
(c) All she owes Wilton.
(d) Revenge for the death of her lover.

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

14. Who seems to be the main topic of conversation in the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) Wilton.
(b) Helena Sommers.
(c) Mavers.
(d) Lettice Wood.

15. With whom is Rutledge arguing at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) Mark Wilton.
(b) Laurence Royston.
(c) Hamish McLeod.
(d) Lettice Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Forrest believe is the source of Mavers' pension?

2. What is Mrs. Davenant's opinion of the relationship between Catherine Tarrant and Rolf Linden?

3. Why is Rutledge so determined to arrest Mark Wilton?

4. What question does Rutledge repeatedly ask Lettice Wood that she refuses to answer?

5. What does Lettice Wood claim was taken from her by the refusal to allow her to see her guardian's body one last time?

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