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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the body of the murder victim found?
(a) In a meadow.
(b) In a dining room.
(c) In a bedroom.
(d) In a corn field.

2. What has Captain Wilton been doing with his time over the last few days of the investigation as has been revealed in Chapter 13?
(a) Attending numerous will readings for the murdered man.
(b) Cancelling his wedding plans.
(c) Arranging the difficult funeral for a headless corpse.
(d) Keeping his cousin from a nervous breakdown.

3. What does Rutledge realize is the only evidence against Mark Wilton at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A child, a cut tire, and a drunk.
(c) A spurned woman, a child, and a drunk.
(d) A child, a doll, and a drunk.

4. What does Rutledge want to know about Mavers' actions the morning of the murder?
(a) To verify his alibi.
(b) To find out what he was saying about the murder victim.
(c) To learn which scholars he quotes in his speeches.
(d) To learn if he could have slipped away.

5. What is Catherine Tarrant's main motive as revealed by her own thoughts in Chapter 17?
(a) All she owes Wilton.
(b) Hope the murderer of Harris will be found soon.
(c) Revenge for the death of her lover.
(d) Grief for the loss of Wilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hamish McLeod respond to the portrait of Rolf Linden by Catherine Tarrant?

2. What question does Rutledge repeatedly ask Lettice Wood that she refuses to answer?

3. Who does Rutledge suggest to Wilton might have been the real murderer?

4. What class of people does Mavers claim are oppressed in Chapter 5?

5. Who is the one character Rutledge most wants to interrogate in the murder investigation?

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