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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rutledge learn was engaged to Wilton during the war?
(a) Catherine Tarrant.
(b) Helena Sommers.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) Mrs. Davanent.

2. What item in Mavers' house does Hamish find for Rutledge in Chapter 5?
(a) A shotgun.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A knife.
(d) A canister of poison.

3. Which villager does Rutledge recall in Chapter 4 that he saw during his own time in the war?
(a) Mavers.
(b) Hickam.
(c) Wilton.
(d) Harris.

4. What label was Mavers given, as described in Chapter 5, that he chose to live up to?
(a) Scholar.
(b) Troublemaker.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Drunk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, as described in Chapter 5, died of drowning?

2. Who does Helena Sommers admit she saw the morning of the murder in Chapter 4?

3. Who is Redfern?

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

5. What does Mrs. Davenant have to say about the murder victim in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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