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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rutledge return to Helena Sommers' cottage in Chapter 7?
(a) To ask if she has any new information in the murder.
(b) To ask her to dinner.
(c) To ask if she saw the murder.
(d) To ask if she saw Wilton carrying anything the day of the murder.

2. What label was Mavers given, as described in Chapter 5, that he chose to live up to?
(a) Drunk.
(b) Troublemaker.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Scholar.

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

4. Who arrives at Mallows while Rutledge is still in the company of Lettice Wood in Chapter 9?
(a) Mark Wilton.
(b) Dr. Warren.
(c) Sergeant Davies.
(d) Catherine Tarrant.

5. What does Lettice Wood say the murder victim's state of mind was in the days before his death?
(a) He was depressed.
(b) He was very, very happy.
(c) He was preoccupied.
(d) He was unsatisfied with life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lettice Wood's fiance?

2. What does Rutledge say London gave him in the aftermath of the debacle with McLeod?

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

4. What does Rutledge find unusual about the nurse's attitude toward Hickam in Chapter 9?

5. What does Hamish imply to Rutledge as Rutledge listens to Lettice Wood and Mark Wilton discuss the cancellation of their wedding?

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