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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a pension?
(a) Payment for war veterans.
(b) Insurance payments.
(c) Payment for services rendered.
(d) Payment for those who are no longer earning a regular income from employment.

2. What injuries does Royston have when Rutledge finds him running from the Sommers' cottage in Chapter 20?
(a) A gun shot wound in the leg.
(b) A knife wound to the belly.
(c) A badly cut shoulder.
(d) A shotgun blast to his face.

3. How does Lizzie Pinter react to the sight of her father in Chapter 14?
(a) She is frightened.
(b) She is excited.
(c) She screams.
(d) She is joyful.

4. Who objects loudly to Rutledge's decision to postpone arresting Wilton?
(a) Bowles.
(b) Davies.
(c) Hamish McLeod.
(d) Forrest.

5. What is the primary thought on Lettice Wood's mind in the end of Chapter 17?
(a) A wish to turn back time.
(b) A wish that she had killed Harris in a different style.
(c) A hope that Mark will come see her.
(d) A hope that the investigation will be over soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rutledge tell Bowles when he calls from Scotland Yard in Chapter 9?

2. For whom does Ted Pinter work?

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

4. Who is the real Helena Sommers?

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

(see the answer key)

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