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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rutledge have trouble picturing when he returns to the meadow where the murder victim was discovered?
(a) Possible location of a witness.
(b) The sequence of events.
(c) The marks of the bullet's path.
(d) Signs of a struggle.

2. What illness does Rutledge learn Hickam suffers in Chapter 7?
(a) A head injury.
(b) Alcohol poisoning.
(c) Liver disease.
(d) Kidney disease.

3. What does Lettice Wood's violent reaction to the question of whether or not Catherine Tarrant had shot the murder victim cause Rutledge to realize about her?
(a) She does not care who committed the murder.
(b) She knows who committed the murder.
(c) She does not know who committed the murder.
(d) She is the one who committed the murder.

4. Who gives Mavers the item Rutledge finds in his home in Chapter 5?
(a) Mrs. Davenant.
(b) Inspector Forrest.
(c) Captain Wilton.
(d) Mr. Davenant.

5. What did the government want Wilton to help build as he mentions in Chapter 3?
(a) New tanks.
(b) New machine guns.
(c) New plane motors.
(d) New machines designed to kill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wilton claim he moved to the small country village?

2. Who does Rutledge resolve at the end of Chapter 10 to learn more about?

3. Who does the doctor tell Rutledge the town is about to lynch at the end of Chapter 4?

4. Does the doctor think Hickam will be able to provide helpful information in the investigation?

5. What is Mrs. Davenant's opinion of the relationship between Catherine Tarrant and Rolf Linden?

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