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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Catherine Tarrant claim a person never knows fear?
(a) When they know they have justice on their side.
(b) When they have nothing to lose.
(c) When they have all they ever wanted.
(d) When they have all the money they could need.

2. Who does Wilton recall meeting on his morning walk the day of the murder?
(a) Maggie Sommers and a child.
(b) Catherine Tarrant and her new lover.
(c) Helena Sommers and a child who had lost her doll.
(d) Hickam and a woman of ill repute.

3. How is the murder victim in this novel killed?
(a) With a shotgun blast to the face.
(b) With a gunshot to the breast.
(c) With a poison.
(d) With a knife.

4. Who saves Mavers from the murderous mob in Chapter 5?
(a) Wilton.
(b) Tarrant.
(c) Harris.
(d) Rutledge.

5. What does Rutledge realize about Lettice Wood that causes Hamish to talk to him about witches?
(a) She carries a book of spells.
(b) Her nose is long and straight.
(c) Her eyes are two different colors.
(d) She wears a pentacle around her neck.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Rutledge learn in Chapter 2 the murder victim fought the night before his death?

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

3. What is the Victoria Cross?

4. What does Lettice Wood think of Rutledge?

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

(see the answer key)

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