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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom does Ted Pinter work?
(a) The Haldanes.
(b) The Warrens.
(c) The Harrises.
(d) The Davenants.

2. What does Hamish imply to Rutledge as Rutledge listens to Lettice Wood and Mark Wilton discuss the cancellation of their wedding?
(a) He will never have so many women fight for his affections.
(b) He cannot separate himself from the women in the case.
(c) He will never have a woman like Lettice Wood.
(d) He cannot understand the women in the case.

3. What motive does Lettice Wood suggest Catherine Tarrant might have had to kill the murder victim?
(a) Insanity.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Spite.

4. Who is Catherine Tarrant searching for at the beginning of chapter 6?
(a) Davies.
(b) Carfield.
(c) Warren.
(d) Hickam.

5. Who does Davies think should be recorded as the murderer in Chapter 7?
(a) Lettice Wood.
(b) Harris.
(c) Persons unknown.
(d) Wilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rutledge return to Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?

2. Who is the one character Rutledge most wants to interrogate in the murder investigation?

3. Who, as described in Chapter 5, died in the Boer War?

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

5. What does Rutledge think of the murder victim?

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