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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

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) Signs of a struggle.
(d) The marks of the bullet's path.

2. 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 knows who committed the murder.
(b) She does not care who committed the murder.
(c) She is the one who committed the murder.
(d) She does not know who committed the murder.

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

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

5. How does Lizzie Pinter react in Chapter 14 when Rutledge shows her the doll he found in an earlier chapter?
(a) She tells about seeing a dead body.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She screams.
(d) She hugs Rutledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the primary thought on Lettice Wood's mind in the end of Chapter 17?

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

3. What does Hamish tell Rutledge about his ability to finish this case with his reputation intact?

4. Who objects loudly to Rutledge's decision to postpone arresting Wilton?

5. Who, as described in Chapter 5, died of drowning?

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