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

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

3. What does Lettice Wood think of Rutledge?
(a) He is good at his job.
(b) He is crazy.
(c) He is cold.
(d) He is goodlooking.

4. Who does Davies say is a spineless coward in Chapter 2?
(a) Carfield.
(b) Harris.
(c) Hickam.
(d) Wilton.

5. What illness does Rutledge learn Hickam suffers in Chapter 7?
(a) Kidney disease.
(b) Alcohol poisoning.
(c) Liver disease.
(d) A head injury.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What emotion is uppermost in the murder victim's mind when he realizes he is dying?

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

4. Who, as described in Chapter 5, died in the Boer War?

5. Who is Redfern?

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