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

2. Who is Colonel Harris?
(a) A wealthy gentleman who is murdered.
(b) A supervisor at Scotland Yard.
(c) A poor veteran of World War I.
(d) The husband of Lettice Wood.

3. Who is Catherine Tarrant searching for at the beginning of chapter 6?
(a) Warren.
(b) Davies.
(c) Hickam.
(d) Carfield.

4. With whom does Rutledge learn in Chapter 2 the murder victim fought the night before his death?
(a) Wilton.
(b) Mavers.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) Hickam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Rutledge recognize brings on Hamish McLeod's voice quickly in his mind?

2. Who does the doctor tell Rutledge the town is about to lynch at the end of Chapter 4?

3. What illness does Rutledge learn Hickam suffers in Chapter 7?

4. Who finds the body of the murder victim?

5. What nationality does one of Lettice Wood's suggest for a secret lover Catherine Tarrant had?

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