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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rutledge find unusual about the nurse's attitude toward Hickam in Chapter 9?
(a) She is surprisingly kind.
(b) She is callous and cold.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) She is surprisingly cruel.

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

3. Who does Rutledge think he sees in the garden at the Inn while preparing for lunch in Chapter 16?
(a) Lettice Wood.
(b) Maggie Sommers.
(c) Catherine Tarrant.
(d) Helena Sommers.

4. Who does Catherine Tarrant ask to model for one of her paintings in Chapter 6?
(a) A coal miner.
(b) A village farmer's wife.
(c) The child of a local aristocrat.
(d) A woman of ill repute.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rutledge hide out in Chapter 16 in order to review the evidence in the case one more time?

2. What is implied by the fight that Harris and Lettice had in the inn before Harris' death?

3. Who does Rutledge learn was engaged to Wilton during the war?

4. What makes Lettice Wood decide Mark Wilton could not have killed her guardian?

5. Which veterans of the war does Wilton suggest are the worst off?

(see the answer key)

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