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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Wilton react when Rutledge asks if there were rivals for Lettice Wood's affection?
(a) He gives a list of names.
(b) He refers Rutledge to Lettice Wood.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He insists there are none.

2. Who is Redfern?
(a) The nephew of Catherine Tarrant, a mentally disturbed teen.
(b) Rutledge's assistant.
(c) The nephew of the innkeeper, an injured former soldier.
(d) The ward of the murder victim.

3. Who owns the house where the Sommers sisters live?
(a) A family called Warren.
(b) A family called Haldanes.
(c) Captain Wilton.
(d) Colonel Harris.

4. Who is Lettice Wood's fiance?
(a) Mavers.
(b) Captain Mark Wilton.
(c) Colonel Harris.
(d) Hickam.

5. What is the Victoria Cross?
(a) A memorial placed in a cemetery.
(b) A type of pocket watch.
(c) An award given to pilots in World War I.
(d) The highest military honor presented to British soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ian Rutledge?

2. How is the murder victim in this novel killed?

3. What does Lettice Wood think of Rutledge?

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

5. Who first mentions Mavers to Rutledge while he is doing interviews?

(see the answer key)

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