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

2. What is an inquest?
(a) A naming of susects in a murder investigation.
(b) A judicial investigation into cause of death.
(c) A court hearing such as an arraignment.
(d) A murder investigation.

3. What does Lettice Wood accuse Rutledge of doing during their interview at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) Implying an affair where none existed.
(b) Forcing her to admit to something she did not do.
(c) Acting on desperation.
(d) Fishing for information.

4. What illness does Rutledge learn Hickam suffers in Chapter 7?
(a) Liver disease.
(b) A head injury.
(c) Kidney disease.
(d) Alcohol poisoning.

5. Who does Wilton recall meeting on his morning walk the day of the murder?
(a) Hickam and a woman of ill repute.
(b) Catherine Tarrant and her new lover.
(c) Maggie Sommers and a child.
(d) Helena Sommers and a child who had lost her doll.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Rutledge so determined to arrest Mark Wilton?

3. Who is the one character Rutledge most wants to interrogate in the murder investigation?

4. Why does Redfern tell Rutledge he believes a fight between Harris and Refern the Tuesday before the murder could not have been terribly serious?

5. Why does Lettice Wood lie to her maid about her crying jag in Chapter 9?

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