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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which villager does Rutledge recall in Chapter 4 that he saw during his own time in the war?
(a) Mavers.
(b) Harris.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Hickam.

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

3. Why does Rutledge return to Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?
(a) To ask if she saw the murder.
(b) To ask her to dinner.
(c) To ask if she saw Wilton carrying anything the day of the murder.
(d) To ask if she has any new information in the murder.

4. What label was Mavers given, as described in Chapter 5, that he chose to live up to?
(a) Drunk.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Troublemaker.
(d) Scholar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What class of people does Mavers claim are oppressed in Chapter 5?

2. What item in Mavers' house does Hamish find for Rutledge in Chapter 5?

3. Who does Wilton recall meeting on his morning walk the day of the murder?

4. What emotion is uppermost in the murder victim's mind when he realizes he is dying?

5. What is the point of view of this novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Davenant urge Captain Wilton to visit Lettice Wood at Mallows?

2. In Chapter 9, what does Dr. Warren believe is wrong with Lizzie Pinter?

3. Why does Rutledge have Davies check the railroad for out of town visitors the day of the murder?

4. Why does Catherine Tarrant seek out Rutledge in chapter 5?

5. What does Mavers lecture about in public that expresses his unhappiness with the aristocracy in England and particularly Colonel Harris?

6. What does Wilton deny doing the morning of the murder that goes directly against eye witness testimony?

7. What does Rutledge think of the reunion between Lettice Wood and Captain Wilton in Chapter 9?

8. Who is the prime suspect as supported by the evidence in Chapter 10?

9. Who do the servants at Harris' estate tell Rutledge were fighting the night before Harris' murder?

10. Who is Hamish McLeod? What is his connection to Rutledge?

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