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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 or what was the Victoria Cross named for?
(a) Victoria Principal.
(b) Victory in the Pacific.
(c) Victory in Europe.
(d) Queen Victoria.

2. What did the government want Wilton to help build as he mentions in Chapter 3?
(a) New machines designed to kill.
(b) New machine guns.
(c) New tanks.
(d) New plane motors.

3. What is the point of view of this novel?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person limited.
(d) Second person.

4. What response does Catherine Tarrant receive when she asks a person in Chapter 6 to model for a painting?
(a) The person would like to but her parents would not approve.
(b) The person would rather work in the fields.
(c) The person would rather starve than take money from Tarrant.
(d) The person would like to but is afraid of public scandal.

5. Who does Helena Sommers admit she saw the morning of the murder in Chapter 4?
(a) Harris.
(b) Royston.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) Wilton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of accident is Royston in that forces him to borrow money from Harris to make it right?

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

4. What type of handwriting is the letter Bowles received regarding Rutledge written in?

5. Who does Rutledge run into in Chapter 5 after leaving Mavers?

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