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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 did Hamish McLeod refuse to do that caused Rutledge to send him to stand before the firing squad during World War I?
(a) Refused to leave the battlefield.
(b) He killed another soldier in their squad.
(c) Refused to follow a direct order.
(d) He tried to kill Rutledge.

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

3. Rutledge returns to the meadow in Chapter 12 and finds what object?
(a) A doll.
(b) A knife.
(c) A horse's bridle.
(d) A gun.

4. Who does Helena Sommers admit she saw the morning of the murder in Chapter 4?
(a) Harris.
(b) Royston.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Lettice Wood.

5. Who saves Mavers from the murderous mob in Chapter 5?
(a) Tarrant.
(b) Harris.
(c) Rutledge.
(d) Wilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rutledge go to speak to Wilton in the beginning of Chapter 18?

2. Who is Colonel Harris?

3. For whom does Ted Pinter work?

4. What illness does Rutledge learn Hickam suffers in Chapter 7?

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

(see the answer key)

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