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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of handwriting is the letter Bowles received regarding Rutledge written in?
(a) Manly.
(b) Typed.
(c) Cut out letters.
(d) Girlish.

2. What emotion is uppermost in the murder victim's mind when he realizes he is dying?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Remorse.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Anger.

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

4. What does Rutledge have trouble doing at the end of Chapter 4 that worries him about his ability to solve the case?
(a) Getting into the mind of the murder victim.
(b) Reading the evidence.
(c) Concentrating on testimony.
(d) Understanding the method of death.

5. Where did the murder that will be investigated in this novel take place?
(a) Weltonshire, England.
(b) York, England.
(c) East Hampton, England.
(d) Warwickshire, England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about the suspects does Rutledge have trouble identifying with at the end of Chapter 6?

2. Who is Lettice Wood?

3. Who does Catherine Tarrant ask to model for one of her paintings in Chapter 6?

4. Who owns the house where the Sommers sisters live?

5. What item in Mavers' house does Hamish find for Rutledge in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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