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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rutledge calm Lettice Wood after insulting her by implying she had a hand in the murder?
(a) He tells her he will get a new investigator.
(b) He begs her to help him solve the case.
(c) He tells her he loves her.
(d) He promises to give her justice one way or another.

2. What does Rutledge learn is the reason for Mavers' strong reaction to a conversation after church services in Chapter 15?
(a) Royston accused him of the murder.
(b) Harris paid his pension, but it will not continue.
(c) Lettice Wood is open to courting with him.
(d) Mrs. Davenant has offered him a job.

3. What is the Victoria Cross?
(a) An award given to pilots in World War I.
(b) A memorial placed in a cemetery.
(c) The highest military honor presented to British soldiers.
(d) A type of pocket watch.

4. What image has been in Lettice Wood's head since learning of her guardian's violent death?
(a) A bloody mass of flesh.
(b) His smiling face as she last saw it.
(c) His mangled body.
(d) A bloody shirt front.

5. Who finds the body of the murder victim?
(a) Lettice Wood.
(b) Royston.
(c) Mrs. Davenant.
(d) Wilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of accident is Royston in that forces him to borrow money from Harris to make it right?

2. Who is Ian Rutledge?

3. For whom does Ted Pinter work?

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

5. Why does Rutledge continue to hesitate to arrest Wilton at the end of Chapter 16?

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