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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rutledge realize is the only evidence against Mark Wilton at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) A child, a cut tire, and a drunk.
(b) A spurned woman, a child, and a drunk.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A child, a doll, and a drunk.

2. Why does Rutledge often go to church while investigating a murder?
(a) It helps him get a feel for the villagers and suspects.
(b) He is a highly religious man.
(c) It helps him deal with Hamish.
(d) He enjoys ritual.

3. What did Hamish McLeod refuse to do that caused Rutledge to send him to stand before the firing squad during World War I?
(a) He killed another soldier in their squad.
(b) He tried to kill Rutledge.
(c) Refused to follow a direct order.
(d) Refused to leave the battlefield.

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

5. What emotion does Rutledge recognize brings on Hamish McLeod's voice quickly in his mind?
(a) Anger.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Redfern?

2. For whom does Ted Pinter work?

3. Why was the murder victim, as discovered by Rutledge in Chapter 14, riding his horse near the houses of ill repute on the lane?

4. Who is Agnes Farrell?

5. Who first mentions Mavers to Rutledge while he is doing interviews?

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