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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about the suspects does Rutledge have trouble identifying with at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Their thoughts.
(b) Their testimony.
(c) Their lifestyles.
(d) Their emotions.

2. What does Mr. Pinter do for a living?
(a) He is a groom.
(b) He is a sheep herdsman.
(c) He is a farmer.
(d) He is a coal miner.

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

4. Why did a mob try to lynch Mavers in Chapter 5?
(a) He claimed Wilton killed the murder victim.
(b) He insisted that Germans are our friends.
(c) He is simply annoying.
(d) He insulted Colonel Harris.

5. What was the profession of Mavers' father?
(a) Gamekeeper.
(b) Groom.
(c) Innkeeper.
(d) Farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gossip does Rutledge hear in Chapter 14 as he questions the villagers about Mavers?

2. What does Lettice Wood say the murder victim's state of mind was in the days before his death?

3. What class of people does Mavers claim are oppressed in Chapter 5?

4. Who does Forrest suggest it was that told the town of Catherine Tarrant's love affair with a German during the war?

5. What does Lettice Wood say about Rutledge's progress with the investigation in chapter 12?

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