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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 gives Mavers the item Rutledge finds in his home in Chapter 5?
(a) Inspector Forrest.
(b) Captain Wilton.
(c) Mr. Davenant.
(d) Mrs. Davenant.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in charge of the murder investigation, as Rutledge learns at the end of Chapter 1?

2. Why does Wilton claim he moved to the small country village?

3. Why does Rutledge return to Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?

4. Who is Catherine Tarrant searching for at the beginning of chapter 6?

5. Who answers the door when Rutledge arrives at Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?

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