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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who saves Mavers from the murderous mob in Chapter 5?
(a) Rutledge.
(b) Tarrant.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Harris.

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

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

4. What does Mrs. Davenant have to say about the murder victim in Chapter 3?
(a) He is kind and had no enemies.
(b) He was cruel and everyone wanted to kill him.
(c) She knew he was interfering in Wilton's relationship with his fiancee.
(d) She thought he was annoying.

5. What is an inquest?
(a) A naming of susects in a murder investigation.
(b) A murder investigation.
(c) A court hearing such as an arraignment.
(d) A judicial investigation into cause of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is guarding the Sommers home when Rutledge arrives in Chapter 7?

2. What does Rutledge find unusual about the nurse's attitude toward Hickam in Chapter 9?

3. Why does Rutledge go to visit Mrs. Davenant in Chapter 3?

4. Why does Rutledge find himself forced to shoot McLeod after he faced the firing squad?

5. Why does Lettice Wood lie to her maid about her crying jag in Chapter 9?

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