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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Colonel Harris?

2. When does Catherine Tarrant claim a person never knows fear?

3. Who is Agnes Farrell?

4. Who does Helena Sommers suggest might be the murderer in Chapter 10?

5. What label was Mavers given, as described in Chapter 5, that he chose to live up to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Wilton refuse to answer questions about Catherine Tarrant? What does he chose to talk about instead?

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

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

5. Why does Royston tell Rutledge he once borrowed money from Colonel Harris?

6. Who is Daniel Hickam? Why is he not considered a reliable witness in the murder of Colonel Charles Harris?

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

8. What does Rutledge feel is unusual about the position in which the body of Colonel Harris was found?

9. Who is Bowles? Why does he dislike Rutledge?

10. What does Rutledge see that causes the voice of Hamish to become quite loud for a moment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Mrs. Davenant? How is she related to Wilton? What did Mrs. Davenant do during the war? How does this suggest to the reader that she is in love with Wilton? Is she? What evidence does she give to Rutledge regarding Wilton's relationship with Lettice Wood? How does this give Rutledge motive on Wilton's part for murder? Is Mrs. Davenant attempting to protect or prosecute Wilton?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Colonel Charles Harris? How was he murdered? What does Rutledge quickly learn about Harris' background when he arrives in the village? What did the villagers thinks of Harris? Does this influence Rutledge's opinions of Harris? Why does Rutledge have trouble identifying with Harris? Is this important to Rutledge's investigation? For what reason?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Mavers? Why do the people of the village immediately point to Mavers as the chief suspect in Harris' death? Why have Mavers and Harris had a falling out? What has this done to Mavers' life? is Mavers fair in his assessment of Harris? Who pays Mavers' pension? Why is everyone in the village surprised to learn this fact late in the novel? What does this say about Mavers' motive for murder?

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