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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the murder victim in this novel killed?
(a) With a knife.
(b) With a poison.
(c) With a shotgun blast to the face.
(d) With a gunshot to the breast.

2. Who is Lettice Wood?
(a) Harris' daughter.
(b) Harris' ward.
(c) Harris' fiancee.
(d) Harris' cousin.

3. Who is in charge of the murder investigation, as Rutledge learns at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Sergeant Davies.
(b) Pastor Carfield.
(c) Captain Mark Wilton.
(d) Inspector Forrest.

4. Who does Rutledge run into in Chapter 5 after leaving Mavers?
(a) Wilton.
(b) Warren.
(c) Royston.
(d) Tarrant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the government want Wilton to help build as he mentions in Chapter 3?

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

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

4. What emotion does Rutledge recognize brings on Hamish McLeod's voice quickly in his mind?

5. What item in Mavers' house does Hamish find for Rutledge in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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