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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) Insanity.
(b) Spite.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Anger.

2. What illness does Rutledge learn Hickam suffers in Chapter 7?
(a) Alcohol poisoning.
(b) A head injury.
(c) Liver disease.
(d) Kidney disease.

3. Who is Ian Rutledge?
(a) Murder victim.
(b) Inspector for Scotland Yard.
(c) German soldier.
(d) Supervisor for Scotland Yard.

4. What does Rutledge dream of doing when this case is over as discussed in Chapter 13?
(a) Take early retirement.
(b) Visit a hypnotist to help rid him of Hamish McLeod.
(c) Go on a long vacation.
(d) Train a sergeant to help with his case load.

5. What does the item Rutledge finds in the meadow in Chapter 12 tell Rutledge?
(a) That Wilton was truthful about his activities that day and there might be another witness.
(b) Wilton told the truth about who he saw the morning of the murder, but where he saw them.
(c) Wilton lied and he must be the killer.
(d) Wilton lied about seeing Helena Sommers the morning of the murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lettice Wood say the murder victim's state of mind was in the days before his death?

2. Who seems to be the main topic of conversation in the beginning of Chapter 17?

3. Who does Rutledge learn he saw sitting in the garden while preparing for lunch in Chapter 16?

4. Redfern did not want who treating him when he was in hospital during the war?

5. Who is Lettice Wood?

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