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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 motive does Lettice Wood suggest Catherine Tarrant might have had to kill the murder victim?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Anger.
(d) Spite.

2. Why does Rutledge return to Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?
(a) To ask if she has any new information in the murder.
(b) To ask if she saw the murder.
(c) To ask if she saw Wilton carrying anything the day of the murder.
(d) To ask her to dinner.

3. What causes Hickam's testimony to be confusing as Rutledge is finally able to interrogate him in Chapter 15?
(a) References to the war.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Drugs.
(d) References to non-existent people.

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

5. What does Lettice Wood say the murder victim's state of mind was in the days before his death?
(a) He was depressed.
(b) He was unsatisfied with life.
(c) He was preoccupied.
(d) He was very, very happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom is Rutledge arguing at the beginning of Chapter 17?

2. To whom does a witness claim Catherine Tarrant gave money after the murder?

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

4. What caused the death of Catherine Tarrant's German lover?

5. What is implied by the fight that Harris and Lettice had in the inn before Harris' death?

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