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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 have trouble picturing when he returns to the meadow where the murder victim was discovered?
(a) Signs of a struggle.
(b) The sequence of events.
(c) Possible location of a witness.
(d) The marks of the bullet's path.

2. Who remains Rutledge's prime suspect in the investigation as Chapter 12 draws to a close?
(a) Mavers.
(b) Tarrant.
(c) Wood.
(d) Wilton.

3. 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 if she saw the murder.
(c) To ask if she saw Wilton carrying anything the day of the murder.
(d) To ask her to dinner.

4. Who does Rutledge discover Tarrant really is when he goes to see her in Chapter 8?
(a) A musician he has seen in concert.
(b) A sculpture whose work he has seen in museums.
(c) A jewelry maker who made the ring he gave Jean.
(d) An artist his sister greatly admires.

5. What motive does Wilton have for murdering Harris?
(a) Money.
(b) Reputation.
(c) Lettice Wood.
(d) A title.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mavers react to the conversation he has in the church yard after services in Chapter 15?

2. What is implied by the fight that Harris and Lettice had in the inn before Harris' death?

3. What question does Rutledge repeatedly ask Lettice Wood that she refuses to answer?

4. Who is Colonel Harris?

5. What was the profession of Mavers' father?

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