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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 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.

2. Why was the murder victim, as discovered by Rutledge in Chapter 14, riding his horse near the houses of ill repute on the lane?
(a) He was on his way into the village.
(b) He had resolved a dispute for one of the women of ill repute.
(c) He was visiting Helena Sommers.
(d) He was visiting a woman of ill repute.

3. What does the item Rutledge finds in the meadow in Chapter 12 tell Rutledge?
(a) That Wilton was truthful about his activities that day and there might be another witness.
(b) Wilton told the truth about who he saw the morning of the murder, but where he saw them.
(c) Wilton lied about seeing Helena Sommers the morning of the murder.
(d) Wilton lied and he must be the killer.

4. Who owns the house where the Sommers sisters live?
(a) A family called Haldanes.
(b) Colonel Harris.
(c) A family called Warren.
(d) Captain Wilton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds the body of the murder victim?

2. Who does Helena Sommers admit she saw the morning of the murder in Chapter 4?

3. How is the murder victim in this novel killed?

4. What was the profession of Mavers' father?

5. Who, as described in Chapter 5, prevented Mavers from joining the Army at the beginning of World War I?

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