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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the doctor tell Rutledge the town is about to lynch at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Lettice Wood.
(b) Catherine Tarrant.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Mavers.

2. Where is Scotland Yard?
(a) Cairo.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) East Hampton.

3. What is the Victoria Cross?
(a) An award given to pilots in World War I.
(b) A memorial placed in a cemetery.
(c) The highest military honor presented to British soldiers.
(d) A type of pocket watch.

4. Who is Lettice Wood's fiance?
(a) Colonel Harris.
(b) Captain Mark Wilton.
(c) Mavers.
(d) Hickam.

5. Who is Laurence Royston?
(a) Harris' man of business.
(b) Harris' butler.
(c) Harris' best friend.
(d) Harris' cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Mavers from the murderous mob in Chapter 5?

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

3. What type of handwriting is the letter Bowles received regarding Rutledge written in?

4. What is Hickam doing the first time Rutledge sees him at the end of Chapter 3?

5. Where did the murder that will be investigated in this novel take place?

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